India's COVID-19 tally crosses 19 mln, with over 400,000 daily cases

India COVID

NEW DELHI, May 1 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally reached 19,164,969 on Saturday, with a single day spike of 401,993 cases, the health ministry said.

This is the first time when over 400,000 new cases were recorded in India in 24 hours.

Besides, as many as 3,523 deaths since Friday morning took the total death toll to 211,853.