At a testing center in New Delhi (Express photo / Amit Mehra)
With 90,633 new cases, infections in India crossed the 41 lakh mark. Of the 41,13,812 cases, 8,62,320 are active infections, while 31,80,866 patients have already been discharged. Up to 1,065 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, raising the country’s casualties to 70,626.
India has overtaken Brazil to now become the second country with the second highest number of people infected with the new coronavirus. Brazil, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, has 40.41 lakh of infected people. Only the United States, where more than 60 lakh people have been infected so far, is ahead of India now. This is the first time that India has reported more than 90,000 new cases.
Maharashtra reported the fastest growing is coronavirus infection in August, recording more than 3.70 lakh of cases, a senior state health official said. According to data from the Maharashtra health department, the state reported 3,76,587 cases of COVID-19 last month, 2,41,820 cases in July and 1,04,748 cases in June. “On August 1, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state was 4,31,719, which jumped to 8,08,306 on September 1. This is probably the fastest growth in cases in the state since January.” said the health official. . One reason for the growth in the number of positive cases is the increase in the number of tests, he said, adding that last month, the state conducted 20,16,809 tests.
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