India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The country registered over 10,000 cases for the 11th day in a row.
The number of recoveries also continued to surge with 2,37,195 patients cured so far, while there were 1,74,387 active cases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am.
One patient has migrated.
IMAGE: New beds set put inside the Shehnai Banquet Hall opposite LNJP Hospital, temporarily converted into isolation wards for COVID-19 patients, at JL Nehru Marg in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo
In the last 24 hours, a total of 9,440 COVID-19 patients have recovered, taking the recovery rate to 55.77 per cent, officials said.
IMAGE: A medic takes a sample of a boy for COVID-19 test via rapid antigen at a overnment school in New Delhi. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Photo
Of the 445 fresh fatalities reported till Monday morning, 186 were from Maharashtra, 63 from Delhi, 53 from Tamil Nadu, 43 from Uttar Pradesh, 25 from Gujarat, 15 from West Bengal, 14 from Madhya Pradesh, 12 from Rajasthan, 11 from Haryana, seven from Telangana, five each from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, two from Odisha, one each from Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and Punjab.
IMAGE: Suspected COVID-19 patients arrive at LNJP hospital in New Delhi . Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo
