Amid prime minister Narendra Modi's early morning announcement today on the extension of the ongoing lockdown in the country, India's novel coroanvirus cases have crossed the 10,000-mark.
The total number of positive Covid-19 cases surged to 10,815, according to the latest Union Health Ministry of Family and Welfare data.
Along with that, the death toll rose to 353, it stated. Speaking at the press briefing today evening, Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry said that yesterday, 179 people were diagnosed and found cured of the novel coronavirus.
The ministry also said that India has 602 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals having 106,719 isolation beds and over 12,000 ICU beds are ready. "Until yesterday, we had tested 2,31,902
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