New Delhi, April 27: Punjab’s SBS Nagar and Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit reported new COVID-19 cases after remaining in green zone and free of new infections for 28 days, the health ministry said in its latest press conference.
SBS Nagar, which went by the name Nawanshahr district, was first district in Punjab to report a coronavirus case and was considered a hotspot for some time. It recently reported a new coronavirus case after going almost a month without reporting new infections.
The health ministry said India reported 1,396 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours—a development that takes India’s total infection tally to 27, 892 in India with 872 reported deaths so far.
The country’s recovery rate stands at 22.17 per cent, the ministry said, with 6,184 having already recovered so far in country. —- With agencies
