Coronavirus in India: Nine states / union territories have reported a recovery rate of more than 80%.
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India added 75,809 coronavirus infections and 1,133 virus-related deaths in 24 hours, data from the Health Ministry showed this morning. Although daily cases saw a decline: India reported more than 90,000 cases over two consecutive days, the country reported its largest increase in the number of Covid-related deaths, marginally exceeding the July 23 figure when 1,129 deaths were reported. With the new confirmed cases, the total number of cases in India, which is now the second most affected country, has reached 42,80,442. Around 8.83 lakh of cases in the country are active (20.9 percent of total cases) and the recovery rate was 77.6 percent this morning.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh are the worst affected states. These five states account for more than 62 percent of active cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Although India’s daily confirmed cases are among the highest in the world, the country has been able to maintain an impressive recovery rate. This morning, the Health Ministry, in a tweet, said that more than 32 lakh or 77 percent of people have recovered from the virus.
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Nine states / union territories have reported a recovery rate of more than 80 percent, it said. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have contributed the maximum recoveries amounting to 88.60%, followed by Bihar (88.4%), Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Havel (88.2%), Tamil Nadu (87.2 %), Delhi (86.7%), West Bengal (85.2%), Nagaland (84%), Rajasthan (82.3%) and Gujarat (81.2%)
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Maharashtra, which still accounts for nearly a quarter of new daily cases, reported 16,429 new cases and 423 deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 9,23,641. Up to 14,922 people were discharged after recovering from the virus on Monday, the Department of Public Health said.
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Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh, which has consistently recorded more than 10,000 daily cases, have crossed the five lakh mark. It is the second most affected state in the country after Maharashtra.
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In neighboring Karnataka, COVID-19 infections surpassed the four lakh mark on Monday, as the state reported 5,773 new cases and 141 deaths, bringing the death count to 6,534, the health department said. The day also saw a record 8,015 patients who were discharged after recovery, bringing the total number of recoveries so far to more than three lakhs.
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Delhi reported 2,077 in the last 24 hours. After a brief drop, Delhi has seen an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent days. The national capital reported 3,256 on Sunday.
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The first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine, developed by Russia, has been released into civil circulation, regional deliveries are planned in the near future, the Russian Ministry of Health said. Clinical trials of the vaccine will take place this month in several countries, including India, the executive director of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) was quoted as saying by the ANI news agency.
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The World Health Organization is in talks with India to join the global “COVAX” vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday. “India is certainly eligible, like every country in the world, to be part of the COVAX facility and discussions are ongoing about it,” Bruce Aylward said at a briefing in Geneva, the Reuters news agency reported.
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Worldwide, more than 2.7 million cases have been reported so far; 8.83 lakh of Covid patients have died. After the United States and India, Brazil, Russia and Peru have the highest number of cases.
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