Updated April 30th, 2021 at 16:06 IST
Senior journalist Rohit Sardana passes away after contracting COVID-19
Senior journalist Rohit Sardana passed away after contracting COVID-19. Tributes poured in from many members of the political fraternity.
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Senior journalist Rohit Sardana passed away on Friday. As per reports, he suffered a heart attack as he was being treated for COVID-19. The late journalist had shared his COVID-19 diagnosis news on Twitter a few days ago.
Sardana, 40, was an anchor on the news channel Aaj Tak and had worked with organisations like Zee News, among others. Sardana was honoured with the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puraskar by the Indian government in 2018. Born in Haryana, he had completed his education in mass communication from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology in Hisar.
Tributes poured in from many members of the political fraternity, like Home Minister Amit Shah, among others.
Pained to learn about Shri Rohit Sardana ji’s untimely demise. In him, the nation has lost a brave journalist who always stood up for unbiased and fair reporting. May God give his family the strength to bear this tragic loss. My deepest condolences to his family and followers.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah)
India registers record number of COVID cases
India saw 3,86,452 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far, pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,87,62,976, while active cases crossed the 31-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death toll increased to 2,08,330 with 3,498 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 31,70,228 comprising 16.90 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 81.99 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1, 53,84,418. The case fatality rate stands 1.11 per cent, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19. According to the ICMR, 28,63,92,086 samples have been tested up to April 29 with 19,20,107 samples being tested on Thursday.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Published April 30th, 2021 at 15:26 IST