March 24, 2026 01:51 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Mamata unveils TMC candidate list for Bengal polls; to face Suvendu in Bhabanipur | ‘Not a one-day battle for me’: Mamata Banerjee on facing Suvendu Adhikari in Bhabanipur | Mamata vs Suvendu: Bhabanipur set for high-voltage showdown | Barbaric: India condemns Pakistani airstrike on Kabul hospital | Middle East conflict: Israel says it killed key Iranian commander during overnight strike | Middle East on edge: Kataeb Hezbollah commander Abu Ali al-Askari killed | Middle East on edge: Kataeb Hezbollah commander Abu Ali al-Askari killed | Afghanistan claims Pakistani airstrike on Kabul hospital left 400 killed, Islamabad denies | ECI orders major reshuffle in Bengal police brass a day after poll announcement | 10 patients killed in fire at SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack; staff injured
India COVID19
UNI

India records 20,036 new COVID-19 cases, 256 deaths in past 24 hours 

| @indiablooms | Jan 01, 2021, at 03:17 pm

New Delhi: Maintaining the steady decline in the COVID-19 cases, India recorded 20,036 new cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health data revealed on Friday.

The total number of cases in the country now stands at 1,02,86,710.

The death toll due to the virus now stands at 1,48,994 after 256 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.

There are 254254 active cases in the country at present.

So far, 9883461 people have been discharged from hospital.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.