A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a passenger for COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) at a railway station in Prayagraj district of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, April 19, 2022. India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,047,594 on Wednesday, as 2,067 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. (Str/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI, April 20 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,047,594 on Wednesday, as 2,067 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
Besides, 40 more deaths from the pandemic were recorded since Tuesday morning, taking the death toll to 522,006.
Currently there are 12,340 active cases in the country, with an increase of 480 during the cited period. The number of active cases had been on the decline for the past two-and-a-half months, but has started increasing over the past couple of days.
So far 42,513,248 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals, with 1,547 new recoveries. ■
A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a passenger for COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) at a railway station in Prayagraj district of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, April 19, 2022. India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,047,594 on Wednesday, as 2,067 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. (Str/Xinhua)
