India records 2,81,386 new infections, 4,106 deaths in 24 hours

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, May 17, 2021:      India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 2,49,65,463 with 2,81,386 new infections, while the recoveries have surged to 2,11,74,076, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

 

The death count increased to 2,74,390 with 4,106 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Meanwhile, senior virologist Shahid Jameel has resigned from a forum of scientific advisers set up by the government to detect variants of the coronavirus, he told NDTV on Sunday, days after questioning the authorities’ handling of the pandemic.

"It’s correct and I shall have nothing more to say," Dr Jameel, chair of the scientific advisory group of the forum known as INSACOG, said.

"I am not obliged to give a reason," he said in a text message to news agency Reuters, adding that he quit on Friday.