On Sunday morning, India reported 8,356 positive COVID-19 cases and 273 have died across the country, with more than 900 cases and 34 deaths in the last 24 hours.
A health ministry official said on Saturday that the number of COVID-19 cases in India could have even reached a figure of 8,20,000 by April 15 if the containment measures and nationwide lockdown hadn’t been imposed.