Number Of COVID-19 Cases In India Rises By 14,256 Over Past 24 Hours - Health Ministry

Muhammad Irfan Published January 23, 2021 | 09:50 AM

NEW DELHI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd January, 2021) India has confirmed 14,256 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 10,639,684, the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.

The death toll from the disease has reached 153,184 people, with 152 new fatalities being recorded over the past day. More than 10.

3 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 24.8 million COVID-19 patients.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 98.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.1 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.