The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 488 and the number of cases climbed to 14,792 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 36 deaths and 957 cases since Friday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 12,289 while 2,014 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. The mortality rate due to COVID-19 in the country was around 3.3 percent, while the recovery rate stood at 13.85 percent.
At least 26 Indian Navy personnel have tested positive for coronavirus, in the first major case of COVID-19 outbreak in country’s armed forces, even as the Centre asserted Saturday that 30 percent of all cases in the country are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.
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