Coronavirus: India's Death Toll Rises To 436 As Positive Cases Near 13,000

The rapid hike in the number of Coronavirus cases in India continues with as many as 941 fresh cases and 37 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said.

A PTI tally put the total number of cases at 12,935 and the death toll at 436. The tally is based on information provided by state governments.

However, the Health Ministry said the total number of cases in India had reached 12,759 while the death toll has risen to 420.

According to the official data, India has 10,824 active cases and 1514 discharged and cured cases.

The Indian Council for Medical Research said a total of 2,90,401 samples have been tested so far, of which 30,043 were tested on Wednesday itself.

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Out of the tests carried out on Wednesday, 26,331 were done in laboratories under the ICMR network and 3,712 in private labs

Commenting on the testing capacity of ICMR network, the ICMR official said: "Working in one shift, more than 42,400 samples can be tested each day. If we work in two shifts, we will be able to test more than 78,200 samples daily."

"If our case fatality rate is 3.3 per cent then the percentage of people who have recovered so far is around 12.02 per cent," Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said.

Agarwal also said that 325 districts in India have not reported any coronavirus case so far because of actions initiated at the field level.