A municipal worker sprays disinfectant in an alley where a patient had tested positive for the coronavirus during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Siliguri on May 18, 2020. (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP) (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP via Getty Images)
India’s Ministry of Health and Welfare has confirmed that more than 100,000 people have tested positive for novel coronavirus nationwide.
The total number of confirmed cases stands at 101,139, including 3,163 deaths, according to the ministry.
Some 2,404,267 tests for the virus have been carried out in the country, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.
