The total number of coronavirus cases in India shot up to 7,447 on Saturday, 11 April, with the death toll standing at 239, according to the Union Health Ministry. Forty deaths and 1,035 new cases in last 24 hours — the sharpest ever increase in cases. The United States recorded more than 500,000 coronavirus cases. The cases now stand at 501,301 as of morning today, according to Johns Hopkins tracker.
Meanwhile, three more cases were reported in Agra, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, and in Jharkhand on Saturday mroning. Punjab on Friday, became the second state after Odisha, to extend the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown by another fortnight till 1 May. The global death toll due to coronavirus crossed 1,00,000 on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally Assam recorded its first COVID-19 death on Friday as a patient at Silchar Medical College Hospital passed away As many as 10…
