India coronavirus cases have crossed 12,000-mark taking confirmed cases toll to 12,380 including 414 deaths while 1,489 patients have recovered from the deadly disease, as per health ministry's figures released on Thursday. Earlier between Tuesday and Wednesday, the country witnessed 1,076 new cases including 38 deaths. India is witnessing an increase in the coronavirus cases with an average rise of 1,000 cases per day now. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the lockdown for another 19 days which will now be effective till May 3 suggesting that earlier lockdown period which ended on April 15 helped India to contain the magnitude of the spread of virus adding if it had not been imposed then the situation in the country would have been devastating.
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