New Delhi: India registered 2,59,170 new COVID-19 instances and 1,761 deaths in the final 24 hours, the information by the Union Health Ministry confirmed on Tuesday (April 20, 2021) morning.
As per the official figures, there have been additionally 1,54,761 coronavirus recoveries between Monday and Tuesday morning.
India now has a complete of 1,53,21,089 COVID-19 infections, of which, 20,31,977 are lively instances. The nation has to this point witnessed 1,80,530 coronavirus-related fatalities.
Earlier on Sunday, India had reported 2.61 lakh new instances adopted by 2.73 lakh infections on Monday. India, notably, is the second-worst coronavirus-hit nation in the world.
The prevailing COVID-19 scenario in the nation has additionally led PM Narendra Modi to cancel his go to to France and Portugal. The Prime Minister was to journey to Portugal for the sixteenth India-EU summit that was scheduled to happen on May 8, following which he was slated to journey to France for a bilateral go to. The India-EU summit will now happen just about.
Earlier on Monday, the United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s go to to India was additionally cancelled once more as a consequence of a spurt in the COVID-19 instances.
In response to the media queries on the upcoming go to of the UK PM, the Indian MEA said, “In view of the prevailing Covid situation, it has been decided by mutual agreement that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will not visit India next week.”
The official assertion added that the two sides will probably be holding a digital assembly in the approaching days to launch plans for a reworked India-U.Ok. relationship.
Johnson’s go to to India was scheduled for April 26 and would have been his first go to overseas for the reason that UK left the European Union.
