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COVID-19: Death toll in India now stands at 109

| @indiablooms | Apr 06, 2020, at 09:45 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The death toll due to COVID-19 infection in India touched 109 on Monday, Ministry of Health said.

The total number of COVID-19 infected cases in the country now stands at 4067.

So far, 291 people have been discharged or cured.

In the last 24 hours, 32 people have died.

Responding to the call of  PM Narendra Modi during his Friday morning video address to the nation, people across India on Sunday lighted candles and diyas and switched off the lights for nine minutes at 9 pm to show their unity in the fight against COVID-19.

People could be seen standing on their balconies and verandas with candles, lanterns and diyas (earthen lamps) to show their unity in the fight against the disease.

While some opposition parties like the Congress and many of Modi critics had ridiculed the call of the Prime Minister, people by and large responded spontaneously and many burst firecrackers to pay their tribute to those in the front lines of fight against Covid-19.

The initiative is being held at a time when the nation is under 21-day lockdown to combat the infectious disease.

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