New Delhi, September 5
India’s Covid infection count surpassed 40 lakh, just 13 days after it crossed 30 lakh, with a record 86,432 cases reported in one day, while recoveries surged to 31,07,223 on Saturday, which raised the recovery rate to 77.23 percent, according to the Union Ministry of Health.
Total coronavirus cases amounted to 40,23,179, while the death toll rose to 69,561 with 1,089 people succumbing to the disease within 24 hours, data updated at 8 a.m. showed.
India’s COVID-19 cases increased from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days. It took 16 more days to pass the 30 lakh and 13 more days to cross the 40 lakh mark.
COVID-19 cases in the country took 110 days to reach one lakh, while it took an additional 59 days to pass the 10 lakh post.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the novel coronavirus infection has further decreased to 1.73 percent.
There are 8.46,395 active cases of coronavirus infection, which is 21.04 percent of the total number of cases, according to the data.
India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 and surpassed 30 lakh on August 23.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 4,77,38,491 samples have been analyzed as of September 4 and 10,59,346 samples have been analyzed on Friday.
Of the 1,089 recent deaths, 378 are from Maharashtra, 116 from Karnataka, 79 from Tamil Nadu, 76 from Andhra Pradesh, 71 from Uttar Pradesh, 58 from West Bengal, 49 from Punjab, 30 from Madhya Pradesh, 29 from Bihar, 22 from Chhattisgarh, 20 from Puducherry, 19 from Haryana, 15 from Assam, 14 from Gujarat, 13 from Delhi and Rajasthan.
Twelve deaths each have been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand, 11 from Kerala and Telangana, nine from Odisha, eight from Goa, seven from Tripura, five from Chandigarh, three from Jharkhand and Manipur, two from Himachal Pradesh while Andaman and The Nicobar, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Nagaland islands have each recorded one death.
Of the total 69,561 deaths, Maharashtra has reported the highest at 25,964, followed by 7,687 in Tamil Nadu, 6,170 in Karnataka, 4,513 in Delhi, 4,276 in Andhra Pradesh, 3,762 in Uttar Pradesh, 3,452 in West Bengal, 3,076 in Gujarat and 1,739 in Punjab.
So far, 1,513 people have died of COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh, 1,108 in Rajasthan, 877 in Telangana, 759 in Haryana, 755 in Jammu and Kashmir, 701 in Bihar, 531 in Odisha, 447 in Jharkhand, 345 in Assam, 337 in Chhattisgarh, 326 in Kerala and 312 in Uttarakhand.
Puducherry has recorded 280 deaths, Goa 220, Tripura 136, Chandigarh 68, Himachal Pradesh 50, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 49, Ladakh and Manipur 35 each, Meghalaya 14, Nagaland 10, Arunachal Pradesh seven, Sikkim five and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two.
The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70 percent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that the distribution of the figures statewide is subject to further verification and reconciliation. PTI
