NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 9,932,547 today, as 26,382 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the latest data from the health ministry showed.
According to the data, the death toll mounted to 144,096 as 387 COVID-19 patients died since Monday morning.
Delhi has been one of the most COVID-19 affected places in the country. As many as 1,617 new cases and 41 deaths were registered in the national capital during the past 24 hours. On Monday the total death toll in the city had crossed the 10,000-mark.
There are still 332,002 active cases in the country, while 9,456,449 people were discharged from hospitals, after medical treatment, added the ministry’s latest data.
Meanwhile, the federal government has ramped up COVID-19 testing facilities across the country, as more than 150 million tests have been conducted.
Till yesterday a total of 156,646,280 tests have been conducted, out of which 1,085,625 were conducted yesterday alone, said the figures released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today.
