New Delhi, Apr 15:
The total number of COVID-19 infections today crossed 12,000 while the death toll surpassed 400, according to official data.
The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported since yesterday evening, while the number of cases saw a jump of 1,118 to go up to 11,933 today, according to the Union Health Ministry. As many as 1,343 people were cured and discharged, and one has migrated, it said. A single day highest increase of 1,463 cases was recorded on Tuesday.
A PTI tally based on updated reports from the States showed the number of cases was 12,220 with 1,373 patients recovering. The death toll touched 417.
Data obtained from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that till April 14 the number of samples tested stood at 2,44,893, an increase of 27,339 from the corresponding figure till the previous day (2,17,554).
Experts feel the figures are modest for a country of the size of 1.3 billion and “much more number of tests” are needed to combat the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
“Given the massive size of our population, the number of tests needs to be ramped up and should be conducted more rigorously. We need to do effective contact tracing and test them so that those people in turn do not infect others,” Dr Ravi Shekhar Jha, Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Pulmonology at Fortis Escorts, Faridabad, said (PTI).
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