INDIA on Tuesday (28) registered its sharpest hike in the COVID-19 daily death toll as it recorded 62 deaths in last 24 hours. The number of positive cases in the country now stands at to 29,435 as 1543 new patients were reported across the country since Monday (27).
The number of active cases in India stands at 21,632 and 6,869 people have recovered from the disease.
The most number of cases are in Maharashtra (8,590) followed by Gujarat (3,548), Delhi (3,108), Rajasthan (2,262) and Madhya Pradesh (2,168), according to health ministry.
India's health minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that the coronavirus situation in the country is improving as many hotspot districts are moving towards becoming non-hotspots. The mortality rate in COVID-19 patients in India is 3.1 per cent as compared to 7 per cent globally, he said.
As per the health ministry data, India's doubling rate is 8.7 for the last two weeks, while for the last seven days, it is 10.2 days. In last three days, it is 10.9 days roughly.
In 47 districts, no case has been reported in last 14 days, while 39 districts have not reported a case since last 21 days. 17 districts have not reported a case for last 28 days. No fresh case reported in 80 districts since last seven days.
India's health minister said that the country has started producing ventilators. We have now over 100 PPE manufacturers in the country, he added.
Meanwhile, the health ministry has urged people to not stigmatise any community or area for the spread of COVID-19.
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