Home Minister Amit Shah has tested negative for coronavirus, his BJP colleague and MP Manoj Tiwari tweeted today, nearly a week after the Home Minister was hospitalised with the highly contagious COVID-19. Mr Shah is recovering at Medanta hospital in Haryana's Gurugram near Delhi.
However, Home Ministry sources said nothing other than the official health bulletin released either by the hospital, the government or the minister's own Twitter account should be referred to, after which Manoj Tiwari deleted the tweet.
This morning, India reported a record spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's Covid tally past 21 lakh-mark. Over 14.8 lakh people have recovered so far, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. Maharashtra has 1,47,355 active coronavirus cases, the highest in the country.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 7,19,364 samples were tested on August 8 while over 2.41 crores samples so far have been tested in the country.
For the fourth consecutive day on Saturday, India recorded more cases of coronavirus in a single day than the United States or Brazil, World Health Organization data showed. With over 61,000 cases in a single day, India's coronavirus tally has rushed passed 20.88 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Over 14.27 lakh COVID-19 patients have recovered so far across the country, it said.
Over 42,000 patients have died since the first case of coronavirus was recorded in India in January this year.
