India logs biggest surge of 2.17 lakh new covid cases; 1,185 deaths
coastaldigest.com news network
April 16, 2021
New Delhi, Apr 16: India reported 2,17,353 new coronavirus cases, the biggest surge to date, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
Also, 1,185 Covid-19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. This is the second day with over 2 lakh new Covid-19 infections.
With this, the total tally of Covid-19 cases in the country rose to 1,42,91,917.
So far, India has tested 26,34,76,625 samples for coronavirus, according to ICMR.
India's active Covid-19 cases crossed 15 lakh for the first time.