COVID-19 second wave: India's total caseload crosses 1.50 crore after 2.73 lakh new cases in 24 hours

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New Delhi: The second wave of COVID-19 in India has taken the country's total caseload to over 1.50 crore, the figures from the Union Health Ministry showed on Monday (April 19, 2021) morning.

India, witnessing its worst phase of COVID-19, now has close to 20 lakh active cases after it recorded 2.73 lakh new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours.

As per the official data, there were 2,73,810 new infections, 1,619 fatalities and 1,44,178 recoveries in the last 24 hours,

India, the second-worst coronavirus-hit country in the world, now has a total of 1,50,61,919 COVID-19 infections, of which, 19,29,329 are active cases, whereas, 1,29,53,821 people have recovered.

The country has also seen 1,78,769 COVID-19-related deaths. Earlier on Sunday, India had reported 2,61,500 new cases. 

The recent spurt in COVID-19 cases across the country has resulted in the unavailability of beds and lack of oxygen supply in the hospitals. It has also led to the delayed COVID-19 test results.

Pictures have also gone viral that show several COVID-19 patients sharing their hospital beds due to unavailability. Photos also show vehicles with COVID-19 patients queued up outside hospitals in the worst coronavirus-hit districts across the country. 

Several states have implemented lockdown measures, night and weekend curfews to monitor the movement of people in an effort to stop the spread of the highly infectious disease.