India Reports 146 New Cases, 3 Deaths

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed 1397 cases of COVID-19 in the country with 35 deaths as of 8:30 PM on March 31, 2020. 

The country has reported 146 new cases and 3 new deaths since the Ministry's last update at 9:30 PM on March 30, 2020. The Ministry which was updating twice a day till March 30 updated cases only once on March 31. When asked reasons for the lag in the updates, Mr. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary MOHFW stated that the ministry was concentrating on initiating contact tracing over updating the website. 

Many States have reported more positive cases than the Ministry's recent update.