India reports 1,490 coronavirus cases, total nears 25,000
India on Saturday reported 1,490 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 24,942, according to health officials.
The country's death toll is at 779, and 5,210 people have recovered.
India's largest slum, Dharavi, on Friday registered 21 new cases, raising the area's total confirmed cases to 241, local government reported. Fourteen people from the slum have died.
Dharavi reported its first coronavirus infection on April 1. The government has closed down parts of the slum for disinfection and dispatched medical teams to take residents' temperature.
A doctor checks the temperature of a girl in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Mumbai, India, Monday, April 13, 2020. /AP