Photos: India’s active Covid-19 cases past two million mark

Agencies | By HT Correspondent

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

India's total tally of Covid-19 cases climbed to 15.3 million with 2,59,170 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, while active cases surpassed the 2 million mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on April 20. The death toll increased to 1,80,530 with a record 1,761 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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Grieving relatives and family members of a person who died of Covid-19, break down outside the LNJP Hospital mortuary while waiting to collect the body, in New Delhi on April 19. As of April 20, there are a total of 2,031,977 active cases across the country, the highest active caseload ever recorded in India since the start of the outbreak in March last year, according to the health ministry’s update.(Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

Grieving relatives and family members of a person who died of Covid-19, break down outside the LNJP Hospital mortuary while waiting to collect the body, in New Delhi on April 19. As of April 20, there are a total of 2,031,977 active cases across the country, the highest active caseload ever recorded in India since the start of the outbreak in March last year, according to the health ministry’s update.(Ajay Aggarwal / HT Photo)

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A health worker adjusts the face shield of another as she prepares to go inside a quarantine center for Covid-19 patients in New Delhi on April 19. The latest in the series of grim landmarks for the country comes only 10 days after active cases in the country crossed the 1 million active cases mark on April 10.(Manish Swarup / AP)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

A health worker adjusts the face shield of another as she prepares to go inside a quarantine center for Covid-19 patients in New Delhi on April 19. The latest in the series of grim landmarks for the country comes only 10 days after active cases in the country crossed the 1 million active cases mark on April 10.(Manish Swarup / AP)

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A government school being converted into a Covid-19 Care Centre in New Delhi on April 19. For the third day running, India’s daily case tally remained above the quarter million mark with 259,170 new cases reported, and a record 1761 daily deaths lodged according to the health bulletin on April 20.(Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

A government school being converted into a Covid-19 Care Centre in New Delhi on April 19. For the third day running, India’s daily case tally remained above the quarter million mark with 259,170 new cases reported, and a record 1761 daily deaths lodged according to the health bulletin on April 20.(Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Empty tankers being loaded on a train wagon at the Kalamboli goods yard before being transported to collect liquid medical oxygen from other states, in Navi Mumbai on April 19. The metric comes at a time when the country’s health care system is weighed down by cases, in regions such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi, many of which have been reporting not only shortage of supplies such as oxygen tanks, but are also running out of ICU beds, and even space in morgues and funeral homes.(PTI)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

Empty tankers being loaded on a train wagon at the Kalamboli goods yard before being transported to collect liquid medical oxygen from other states, in Navi Mumbai on April 19. The metric comes at a time when the country’s health care system is weighed down by cases, in regions such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi, many of which have been reporting not only shortage of supplies such as oxygen tanks, but are also running out of ICU beds, and even space in morgues and funeral homes.(PTI)

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A traveler undergoes thermal screening, at Dadar Station in Mumbai on April 19. One of the major reasons to have caused an acute area-specific shortage of life-saving supplies is the uneven distribution of the active cases in the country. Maharashtra, for instance, is home to only 9% of the country’s population, but is currently bearing the load of one of every three (33.4%) active cases in India. (Bhushan Koyande / HT Photo)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

A traveler undergoes thermal screening, at Dadar Station in Mumbai on April 19. One of the major reasons to have caused an acute area-specific shortage of life-saving supplies is the uneven distribution of the active cases in the country. Maharashtra, for instance, is home to only 9% of the country’s population, but is currently bearing the load of one of every three (33.4%) active cases in India. (Bhushan Koyande / HT Photo)

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People waiting to get on a bus at a station in New Delhi on April 20 to leave for their native places. Delhi, which is home to 0.3% of the country’s population, has 3.8% of India active cases.(Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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People waiting to get on a bus at a station in New Delhi on April 20 to leave for their native places. Delhi, which is home to 0.3% of the country’s population, has 3.8% of India active cases.(Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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Policemen guarding a roadblock in New Delhi on April 20 as the national capital enters a week-long curfew in light of rising Covid-19 cases. The decision to impose a curfew came on April 19, with Delhi government citing a relentless surge in Covid-19 infections that has risen by close to 600% in the last two weeks and has now inundated hospitals and triggered a shortage in critical medical supplies.(Jewel Samad / AFP)

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Policemen guarding a roadblock in New Delhi on April 20 as the national capital enters a week-long curfew in light of rising Covid-19 cases. The decision to impose a curfew came on April 19, with Delhi government citing a relentless surge in Covid-19 infections that has risen by close to 600% in the last two weeks and has now inundated hospitals and triggered a shortage in critical medical supplies.(Jewel Samad / AFP)

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BMC medical staff administering a Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at M. A. Podar Hospital in Mumbai on April 19. The Union government on April 19 said that all adults will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine and doses can be sold via the market from May 1, heeding to a growing clamour for wider access as the country grapples with Covid-19 infections.(Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

BMC medical staff administering a Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at M. A. Podar Hospital in Mumbai on April 19. The Union government on April 19 said that all adults will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine and doses can be sold via the market from May 1, heeding to a growing clamour for wider access as the country grapples with Covid-19 infections.(Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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A family member of a Covid-19 victim performs the last rites during the funeral at Nigam Bodh Ghat crematorium, in New Delhi on April 19. India’s overall caseload has now reached 15.3 million – the second-highest after the United States – and 180,557 people have lost their lives to the disease, according to the health ministry's bulletin.(Amal KS / HT Photo)

Published on Apr 20, 2021 05:24 pm IST

A family member of a Covid-19 victim performs the last rites during the funeral at Nigam Bodh Ghat crematorium, in New Delhi on April 19. India’s overall caseload has now reached 15.3 million – the second-highest after the United States – and 180,557 people have lost their lives to the disease, according to the health ministry's bulletin.(Amal KS / HT Photo)

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