Coronavirus Highlights: India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 18-lakh mark on Monday, with 52,972 cases being reported in a day. The country now has 18,03,695 infections of the deadly virus which has affected more than 18 million people globally. With 771 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the number of deaths count has climbed to 38,135, the government said. More than 11.86 patients have recovered; the recovery rate stood at 65.76 per cent this morning. India has tested a total of 2,02,02,858 samples so far. The positivity rate - percentage of patients who have tested positive for coronavirus - stood at 13.90 per cent.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa have tested positive for coronavirus.
According to the sources said Amit Shah has been admitted to Medanta hospital, located in Haryana's Gurugram near Delhi.
