Even as India reported over 1200 cases on Wednesday, the central government has claimed that the country has successfully been able to control the transmission of the novel coronavirus while increasing the recovery rate to almost 20 percent, further adding that the nation has almost flattened the curve.

According to a report by a news agency, the Centre reportedly stated, "The country is prepared for any future outbreak of the disease as it has given a boost to medical facilities, ramped up testing and is better prepared to fight against the Covid-19 outbreak." Regarding India reaching the peak infection rate by May 3, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava reportedly stated, "The situation is currently going stable and you can even say that we have been able to flatten the curve. However, it is difficult to say if the peak will come. The growth of Covid-19 cases has been more or less linear, not exponential; this indicates that the strategies we adopted have succeeded in containing the infection to a particular level. Post-imposition of lockdown, while the number of new positive cases has increased by 16 times, testing increased by 24 times."

As on April 23, a total of 23421 cases have been registered across India and 737 people have died. Tamil Nadu has reported 1683 cases and 20 deaths.