Number of COVID-19 Cases in India Rises by 20,035 to Over 10.28Mln - Health Ministry

NEW DELHI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st January, 2021) India has confirmed 20,035 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 10,286,709 , the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.

The death toll from the disease has reached 148,994� people, with 256 new fatalities being recorded over the past day. More than 9.88 million people have recovered in India since the start of the outbreak.

A day earlier, the country confirmed 21,821 new cases of the coronavirus and 299 deaths.

India comes second in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the United States, with more than 19.9 million COVID-19 patients.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 83.4 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 1.81 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.