Coronavirus Cases in India: India is the third country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi:
A record rise of 78,761 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours brought India’s Covid count to more than 35 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. This is the highest single-day increase in Covid infections reported by any country since the start of the pandemic. The United States set the previous record on July 17 with 77,638 daily cases, according to an AFP tally. In the last 24 hours, 948 deaths related to the highly contagious disease were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 63,498. About 27 lakh people have recovered so far; the recovery rate stood at 76.6 percent this morning.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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India is the third country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil. The country has recorded the highest single-day increase in cases since August 4.
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India took 213 days to cross 35 lakh of cases. The country has registered more than five lakhs of cases in the last week.
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In the past 24 hours, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of new cases. These five states also had the highest number of deaths, according to government data.
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The government announced on Saturday the guidelines for the fourth phase of unblocking, which allows metro services to resume from September 7. No closures can be imposed outside of containment zones, states have been told.
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Social, political, academic, sports, religious and other functions with a 100-person limit will be allowed as part of the new rules beginning September 21. Schools, colleges, swimming pools and indoor theaters will be closed. This phase, called “Unlock4”, will be in effect until September 30.
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India’s positivity rate, an indicator of the prevalence of the disease, stood at 7.46% this morning; the death rate was 1.79 percent.
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India, which has a population of around 130 million rupees, has so far analyzed samples of 4.14 million rupees; 10.55 lakh samples have been tested since yesterday.
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The country has registered more than 75,000 cases during the last four days; recorded its latest largest jump in a single day with 77,266 cases on Thursday.
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For every 1 million people, coronavirus cases and deaths in India are one of the lowest compared to global averages, the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 reported Saturday, the agency reported. news PTI.
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Worldwide, more than 25 million cases have so far been recorded; more than 8 lakh people have died.
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