Helpline numbers
However, the Health Ministry, the point-Ministry for all details concerning COVID-19, reported just 14,792 cases and 957 new cases.
On Sunday, the ICMR reported that 17,615 people have been confirmed positive. The Ministry, which updates figures twice daily, continued to report the lagged figures. At the daily afternoon briefing, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal upgraded this to 15,712 By Sunday night, this had approached to 16,115 however still fell short of the ICMR’s Saturday numbers.
The discrepancy has triggered several questions.
” Numbers of favorable cases put out today by the States, by ICMR and by Ministry of Health are conflicting and confusing,” previous Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, tweeted.
Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India
