Coronavirus outbreak: India's tally crosses 78,000-mark; 134 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi, May 14: The total number of coronavirus positive cases in India on Thursday reached 78,003, after an increase of 3,722 cases in the last 24 hours. As many as 134 people died due to the disease in 24 hours.
According to the Health Ministry's update at 8 am, the death toll due to coronavirus stands at 2,549. The number of active cases in the country is at 49,219.
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On Wednesday, the Health Ministry said that the doubling time of infection has improved to 12.2 days from 10.9 days.
According to recent updates, Maharashtra has the most number of coroanvirus positive cases with 25,922, followed by Gujarat with 9,267, and Tamil Nadu with 9,227 cases.
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Earlier,
Finance
Minister
Nirmala
Sitharaman
announced
the
first
part
of
the
Rs
20
lakh
crore
package
announced
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.
The
Finance
Minister
announced
a
series
of
liquidity
measures
for
millions
of
small
businesses
reeling
under
the
impact
of
COVID-19
lockdown,
including
collateral-free
automatic
loans
worth
Rs
three
lakh
crore.
On Tuesday, PM Modi announced the package to deal with the economic crisis due to coronavirus pandemic and called for building a self-reliant India based on five pillars of economy, infrastructure, modern systems, technology, demography and demand.