Thursday 08 / May / 2025
NEW DELHI: India's federal health ministry Sunday morning said 128 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 3,277 positive cases were reported since Saturday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 2,109 and total cases to 62,939.
"As on 8:00 a.m. (local time) Sunday, 2,109 deaths related to COVID-19 have been recorded in the country," said information released by the ministry.
On Saturday morning, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country was 59,662, and the death toll was 1,981.
According to ministry officials, so far 19,358 people have been discharged from hospitals after showing improvement.
"The number of active cases in the country right now is 41,472," said the information.
Sunday marks the 47th straight day of ongoing lockdown across the country announced by the central government to contain the spread of the pandemic.
The lockdown announced on March 25 was last week extended for the second time for two more weeks until May 17.
