Number Of COVID-19 Cases In India Rises By 17,407 Over Past 24 Hours - Health Ministry

NEW DELHI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th March, 2021) India has confirmed 17,407 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 11,156,923, the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.

The death toll from the disease has reached 157,435 people, with 89 new fatalities being recorded over the past day. More than 10.82 million people have recovered in India since the start of the outbreak.

India comes second in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the United States, with more than 28.78 million COVID-19 patients.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 115.17 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.55 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.