23,452 total cases, 17,915 active, 4,814 cured, 723 deaths: Govt

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Apr 24, 2020: As India continues its struggles against the coronavirus, the total number of cases surge to 23,077 which includes 17,610 active cases, 4,748 cured, and 718 deaths, as per Union Health Ministry data lates data, Zee reported.

 

Earlier in the day, PM Narendra Modi applauded people for their grit in fighting the COVID-19 outbreak and said the biggest lesson the pandemic has taught India is to become self-reliant. He complimented rural India for defining social distancing in simpler words, ’Do Gaz Ki Doori’, to make people understand its importance.

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh directed armed forces to ensure judicial utilisation of financial resources in view of coronavirus pandemic.

Tripura became the third state after Goa and Manipur to become coronavirus-free. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb made the announcement saying that the state had reported two coronavirus cases in the past and both the patients have tested negative in their latest test.

Over 27 lakh patients have now been affected with coronavirus and around 1.90 lakh have lost their lives due to it.