Coronavirus: total India cases and deaths, real-time map, 5 April
Updates on the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, deaths and discharged patients, both in India and throughout the world.
Join us in the latest article on the situation in India for Monday 6 April.
Confirmed India coronavirus cases
As of 03:50 IST (00:20 CEST) on Monday 6 April, there had been 3,588 confirmed coronavirus cases and 99 deaths in India. 229 people in the country have recovered after contracting Covid-19.
People across India came together on Sunday to show coronavirus "the power of light" as the country battles to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the hashtag #9pm9minute, Indians were asked by the country's prime minister, Narendra Modi, to turn off the lights in their homes and hold up candles, lamps and mobile-phone torchlights for nine minutes at 21:00 IST (17:30 CEST).
"We must all together challenge the darkness spread by the corona crisis, introducing it to the power of light," Modi said on Friday in an address to the nation, which is currently in the midst of a 21-day lockdown.
Worldwide real-time coronavirus map
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Worldwide coronavirus cases
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide at the above time stood at 1,263,976. In total, 69,082 people have died from Covid-19, while 259,384 have recovered from the disease.
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