Coronavirus: India is the country with the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the world.
New Delhi:
India’s coronavirus count has touched 77.06 with a jump of 55,839 cases in the past 24 hours, government data shows. 702 deaths in the past 24 hours have brought the total death count to 1,16,616. 68,74,518 people in the country have recovered since the start of the pandemic. The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of about 90,000 cases per day in September. India, which reported its first case on January 30, is the second most affected country in the world by the pandemic after the United States.
Here are the top 10 updates on the coronavirus:
-
The number of active cases stands at 7.15.812, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are the five states that reported the highest number of cases in the last 24 hours.
-
Maharashtra, the worst state in India affected by COVID-19, added 8,142 new cases, and the total number of infected people reached 16.17,658. The state also reported 180 deaths, bringing the death count to 42,633.
-
In Andhra Pradesh, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases after Maharashtra, the total cases rose to 7,93,299 and 3,746 cases were added on Wednesday.
-
Karnataka reported 5,872 new infections and 88 deaths in the last 24 hours. The state’s COVID-19 count is now 7,82,773 lakh.
-
The Health Ministry in a tweet on Wednesday said that COVID-19 cases on oxygen support (in ICU, via ventilators and oxygen-supported beds) have shown a significant decrease since the last week of September. “This aligns with the national decrease in active cases to less than 10 percent of total cases,” he said.
-
A large portion of COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be made in India through the country’s strong and robust private sector partners, said Mark Suzman, executive director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in an interview with the agency. news PTI.
-
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday that India’s contribution will be critical to fighting COVID-19, especially when it comes to making vaccines for the whole world.
-
Brazil has said that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford died, stating that it had received data from an investigation into the matter.
-
Global coronavirus infections have skyrocketed past 4.12 million rupees, as countries tighten restrictions to stem the health crisis that has disrupted the lives of most of humanity.
-
The United States remains the country most affected by the health crisis affecting the world, with more than 2.22 lakh deaths.
.
