An online food deliveryman checking his mobile phone for notifications while resting on a motorbike as he waits for orders during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus in New Delhi on Monday . - AFP
NEW DELHI: India's federal health ministry Monday morning said 46 new deaths due to Covid-19 , besides fresh 975 positive cases were reported since last evening across the country, taking the number of deaths to 872 and total cases to 27,892. "As on 8am , today 872 deaths related to the coronavirus have been recorded in the country," reads information released by the ministry.
According to ministry officials, so far 6,185 people have been discharged from hospitals after showing improvement.Monday marks the 34th straight day of ongoing lockdown across the country announced by the government to contain the spread of the pandemic. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers of the states through video conference on the way ahead in the fight against the novel coronavirus, amid indications that the discussions could also focus on a graded exit from the ongoing lockdown. - Xinhua/Asian News