New Delhi, April 5 -- As India entered the 11th day of nationwide lockdown, the Union Health Ministry on Sunday informed that 77 people died of the deadly novel Coronavirus in the country so far amid registration of 472 new cases in the last 24 hours.

However, John Hopkins University's Coronavirus live tracking map showed 99 deaths in India.The total number of positive COVID-19 cases witnessed a steep surge in the past week to reach 3588.India recorded the highest number of cases (601) and deaths (12) on Friday.Reports suggest around 2000-3000 preachers had congregated at the event of Tablighi Jamaat preachers in mid-March, just days after the Delhi government had banned the gatherings of 200 people at any place in the wake of the outbre...