Coronavirus LIVE: 1975 cases reported in 24 hrs, highest single-day spike

Coronavirus India update: India’s total count of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases reached 26,917 and the death toll reached 826 on Sunday, according to Health Ministry. The country reported 1,975 new positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted people to shun complacency on the assumption that the pandemic will not affect them as it has so far not spread to areas they work or live in, saying “we have to continue being careful and taking the right precautions”. Addressing his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ programme, he also said that India’s fight against the novel coronavirus has become people-driven wherein every citizen is playing his or her part.

Coronavirus world updates: As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000, countries took cautious steps toward easing lockdowns imposed amid the pandemic, but fears of a surge in infections made even some outbreak-wounded businesses reluctant to reopen. The worldwide death toll was over 202,000, according to a count by John Hopkins University.