India’s single-day spike continued its trend for the seventh day on Monday with over 6,900 new COVID-19 cases being reported along with more than 150 deaths.
While this is the highest 24-hour spike so far, the tally now stands at 1,44,659 cases, 79,959 active cases, 60, 530 cured and 4,170 deaths.
COVID-19 | Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India
The Union Health Ministry said that in the last 24 hours, 3,280 patients were found cured which takes the recovery rate to 41.57%.
Talking about the status of containment, the Ministry said prior to lockdown on March 25 , the doubling rate was 3.2 measured over 3 days, 3.0 measured over seven days and 4.1 measured over 14 days.