India coronavirus news: 9.7 lakh tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. (Proceedings)
New Delhi:
India reported a daily increase of 61,871 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, bringing its tally close to the 75 lakh mark, data from the Health Ministry showed this morning. The number of cases in the country now stands at 74,94,551. In the 24-hour period, India, which is the second most affected country, reported 1,033 deaths related to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,14,031. The number of active cases remained below eight lakh for the second day in a row.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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India has “increased” its COVID-19 testing capacity “from one in January to more than 9.32 crore today, the Health Ministry said this morning.” Very high tests have resulted in a continually falling positivity rate, which has now dropped 8%, “he said.
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Maharashtra (10,259 cases), Kerala (9,016 cases), Karnataka (7,184 cases), Tamil Nadu (4,295 cases) and West Bengal (3,865 cases) have reported the maximum number of cases in the last 24 hours, the data showed.
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There are 7,83,311 active cases in the country that comprise 10.45 percent of total cases, according to the data. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 fatality rate is 1.52 percent.
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The central government has sent teams of high-level experts to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal amid a sharp increase in daily cases in these states.
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Although India continues to report the highest number of daily new COVID-19 infections in the world, the daily increase has dropped from 80,000 to 90,000 new daily cases in mid-September to around 70,000 last week.
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Two studies on the coronavirus genome in India by the country’s main clinical research body and the Department of Biotechnology suggest that the COVID-19 virus is genetically stable and has not shown any major mutation, the Prime Minister’s office said on Saturday. . Last month, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that so far no significant or drastic mutations have been found in SARS-CoV-2 strains in India.
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On Saturday, PM Modi, during a revised meeting, called for “quick access” to the coronavirus vaccine when one is available. Vaccine distribution, Prime Minister Modi said, should involve state and UT governments and civil society organizations, and have a strong IT backbone that will drive India’s health system.
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Globally, the coronavirus pandemic has cost the lives of 11 lakh people. At least 1,100,056 deaths have been reported, out of 38,997,267 cases.
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Nearly one in five deaths was in the United States, the worst affected country with 2.2 lakh deaths out of 80 lakh infections, followed by Brazil with 1.5 lakh deaths out of 52 lakh cases, India with 1.1 lakh deaths out of 74 , 3 lakh of cases.
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India remains the second worst affected country in the world behind the United States, which is seeing a further increase in cases ahead of the winter months. Yet India has one of the “lowest deaths per million inhabitants in the world,” the Health Ministry said.
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