Coronavirus: India records highest single-day spike with 3.6 lakh new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

First Published Apr 28, 2021, 11:03 AM IST

India now has nearly 3 million active cases. India has been reporting over 3,00,000 cases daily for almost a week now.

India on Wednesday recorded a massive surge of 360,960 new coronavirus cases and 3,293 new deaths, the highest spike so far, according to the Health Ministry.
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With this, the total caseload stands at 17,997,267 while the death toll from the deadly coronavirus has crossed the 200,000-mark. The death toll stands at 2,01,187.
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The total count of positive cases now stands at 1,79,97,267, including 2,01,187 deaths and 1,48,17,371 recoveries.
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A total of 28.27 crore Covid samples have been tested up to 27th April 2021. Of these 17,23,912 samples were tested yesterday, informed Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Under the country's mega vaccination programme, 14,78,27,367 people have been vaccinated so far.
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Meanwhile, amid deadly Covid-19 second wave surge, the phase three Covid-19 vaccination registration for all Indian adults begins today on the government’s CoWin platform - cowin.gov.in, the Aarogya Setu app, and Umang App.NOTE: Asianet News humbly requests everyone to wear masks, sanitize, maintain social distancing and get vaccinated as soon as eligible. Together we can and will break the chain #ANCares #IndiaFightsCorona
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