Addressing the daily briefing on COVID-19, on Saturday, 18 April, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry Lav Aggarwal said that no new cases have been reported in 45 districts across 23 states in the last 14 days.
The total number of positive cases in India has risen to 14,792. The number of deaths stand at 488, while those cured/discharged stands at 1,991.
Meanwhile, 26 Navy personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 at a naval base in Mumbai.
- Lav Aggarwal said that the mortality rate in India stands at 3.3 percent; with the highest in the 60+ age group
- The death toll from coronavirus in Spain has moved past 20,000
- China’s imported cases of coronavirus increased to 1,566 with 27 fresh ones, while its revised death toll stood at 4,632 with 50 percent jump in fatality figures from Wuhan
- The United States passed 700,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University
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