India's active covid cases breach 11-lakh mark for 1st time


People give swab samples for coronavirus testing at a mobile COVID-19 testing centre, in New Delhi -Photo: IANS

DELHI, April 12 (The Statesman/ANN): Active Covid-19 cases in India breached the 11 lakh-mark for the first time after a record high of 1.52 lakh new infections while a massive vaccination push, dubbed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the beginning of another major war against coronavirus, was launched on Sunday in a bid to curb the surge.

Until now, the active caseload was at its lowest at 1,35,926 on February 12 this year and at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18,2020.

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