As India gears up for selective relaxation in lockdown in non-containment areas from today, the number of coronarivus cases in India has risen to 17,265 after 1,553 fresh infections were reported in past 24 hours.
The death toll has gone up to 543. In India, over 4 lakh samples had been tested as on Sunday. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asserted that doubling rate of Covid-19 cases has increased from three days before imposition of lockdown in March to 9.7 days now.
At least 2,546 people have recovered from the infection. And at present, there are 14,175 active coronavirus patients in the country.
Maharashtra remains the worst affected state with 4,203 cases and 233 casualties. Across the world, the number of corornavirus