NEW DELHI, April 12 (Xinhua) -- With 904 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's total death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed the 170,000 mark to reach 170,179, according to the data released by the federal government Monday.
Besides, 168,912 new cases took the total tally to 13,527,717.
While the figure of daily new COVID-19 cases is highest ever in the country so far, the death toll reported on Monday is the highest in a single day this year.
This is the seventh time within this month and the sixth consecutive day when more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India. Enditem
