India on Monday touched the sad distinction of registering the second highest number of COVID-19 cases globally.
India surpassed Brazil with 42.04,614 cases and is now behind the US, which has recorded 6.29 million covid-19 cases. Brazil has registered 4.14 million cases.
India’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 71,000 mark, with 1,016 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
The number of deaths from infection is 71,642.
The country saw an increase of more than 90,000 cases for the second time in a single day, as 90,802 new cases of covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total coronavirus cases to 42, 04.614.
The total number of covid-19 cases amounts to 42.04,614, including 8,82,542 active cases, 32,50,429 cured / discharged / migrated and 71,642 deaths according to data provided by the Ministry of Health.
India has already registered more new cases than Brazil in recent days.
Brazil registered 14,521 additional confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, as well as 447 deaths from the disease, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
In terms of deaths caused by covid-19, India is currently in third place after the United States and Brazil, with a total of 71,642 people succumbing to the highly infectious disease.
Brazil has recorded 4.14 million cases of the virus since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 126,650, according to ministry data.
The United States has recorded the highest number of deaths, followed by Brazil, India, Mexico and Great Britain.
There are 8,82,542 active cases of the infection in the country comprising 20.99 percent of the total cases, according to the data.
India’s COVID-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, and surpassed 40 lakh on September 5.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 4.95,51,507 samples have been analyzed as of September 6, with 7,20,362 samples analyzed on Sunday.
The only comforting factor for India is that the Covid-19 Case Death Rate (CFR) has fallen below 2% and is on a continuous decline, according to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. .
Data released by the Union Ministry shows that the CFR was 2.15 percent on August 1 and stands at 1.72 percent on September 6.
The data further shows that the average weekly CFR was 1.97 percent for the week of Aug. 10 through Aug. 16. The average weekly CFR decreased to 1.75 percent for the week of August 31 to September 6.
In cumulative terms, five states represent more than 60% of the total active cases in the country. Maharashtra is the largest contributor to the number of active cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, which stands at 6.10%.
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