Coronavirus Cases in India: India Now Has 9,44,996 Active COVID-19 Cases
New Delhi:
More than a lakh people have died from COVID-19 in India, the second most affected country in the world by the coronavirus pandemic after the United States, as it recorded 1,069 deaths and the total number of cases crossed 64.7 lakh with 79,476 new cases , data published by the Ministry of Health. this morning showed. India now has 9,44,996 active COVID-19 cases and more than 54 lakh recoveries with 75,628 more people having battled the disease in the past 24 hours, data from the Health Ministry shows. At least 77 percent of active coronavirus cases have been reported in 10 states and union territories, contributing 15 percent to the number of cases.
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India added 23 lakh of new coronavirus cases or 40 percent of the country’s current COVID-19 count in the month of September alone, government data shows.
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September also saw a third of the Covid-related deaths reported since the pandemic began. According to the data, the country has been reporting more than 1,000 deaths per day for the past month, with the exception of September 28.
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The total Covid-related deaths in India is 1,00,842 with a mortality rate of 1.5 percent. It is in third place in terms of deaths globally after the United States and Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University, which has been collecting COVID-19 data from around the world.
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The states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal recorded the highest number of deaths in the past 24 hours, accounting for 67% of all deaths.
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Maharashtra, one of the worst affected states with 14 lakh cases, accounted for 20 percent of new daily cases, followed by Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. These states together accounted for 54.5 percent of all new cases.
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With 54,27,706 Covid recoveries, the country is in the number one position followed by Brazil and the United States, according to JHU. The country has a recovery rate of 83.8 percent, government data shows.
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As cases increase, the Health Ministry has argued that it is the result of increased testing as part of the government’s approach to speed up early treatment. Tests of 11.3 lakh were conducted in the last 24 hours and so far 7.78 million rupees have been tested.
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Globally, more than 3.4 crore people have been infected by the new coronavirus, which broke out in Wuhan in China less than a year ago. At least 10 lakh people have lost their lives to COVID-19.
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“Wear a mask, keep your social distance and wash your hands,” said Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after testing negative for COVID-19, three days after his debate with Donald Trump, who contracted the disease. Trump is known to never wear a mask as a “choice.”
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Since some people discourage the use of face masks on the grounds that it may be a health risk, researchers from the American Thoracic Society have said that masks are unlikely to cause overexposure to carbon dioxide, even in patients with lung disease. .
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