A health worker disinfects a mobile COVID-19 testing van in Chennai, India, April 22, 2020. India's federal health ministry on Wednesday evening said 12 new deaths due to the COVID-19, besides fresh 487 positive cases, were reported since the morning across the country, taking the number of deaths to 652 and total cases to 20,471. (Str/Xinhua)
NEW DELHI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- India's federal health ministry on Wednesday evening said 12 new deaths due to the COVID-19, besides fresh 487 positive cases, were reported since the morning across the country, taking the number of deaths to 652 and total cases to 20,471.
"As of 5:00 p.m. (local time), today 652 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country," read the information released by the ministry.
On Wednesday morning, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country was 19,984 and the death toll was 640.
According to ministry officials, so far 3,960 people have been discharged from hospitals after showing improvement.
"The number of active cases in the country right now is 15,859," read the information.
