India records 50,129 new coronavirus cases, more than 78.64 lakh cases so far


India records 50,129 new coronavirus cases, more than 78.64 lakh cases so far

New Delhi:
India has recorded 78,64,811 coronavirus cases so far with 50,129 new infections. 578 deaths in the last 24 hours have raised the total death count to 1,18,534. 62,077 patients have recovered from the infection in the country in the last 24 hours. With 70.78,123 people in the country who have recovered since the start of the pandemic, the overall recovery rate is 89.9%. India is the second country in the world most affected by the pandemic after the United States. The country reported its first case on January 30.

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  1. The number of coronavirus cases has seen a daily drop and on October 25 it reported 50,129 cases compared to 55,772 a week ago.

  2. About 61 percent of total recovered COVID-19 cases come from six states and UTs from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

  3. Maharashtra, the worst state in India affected by COVID-19, added 6,417 new cases, with a total number of infected people reaching 16,38,961. The state also reported 137 deaths, bringing the death count to 43,152.

  4. The national capital on Saturday recorded 4,116 new cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day peak in 35 days, while the death toll from the disease rose to 6,225, according to a Delhi government. This is the second day in a row that more than 4,000 cases have been registered in the city.

  5. The coronavirus vaccine, when it is finally ready, should be available to all Indians for free, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday amid ongoing controversy over the ruling BJP that includes free Covid vaccines. in his manifesto for next week’s Bihar elections.

  6. The Mizoram government has decided to close all schools that were reopened for students in classes 10 and 12 due to the increasing number of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.

  7. The world is now at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing under pressure, the head of the World Organization said on Friday. Health.

  8. Two major clinical trials for Covid-19 experimental vaccines got back on track in the United States on Friday, providing a glimmer of hope as the number of cases skyrockets across the country.

  9. The global figure now stands at more than 4.12 million cases and more than 11.3 million deaths, according to the WHO.

  10. The United States remains the country most affected by the health crisis affecting the world, with more than 2.23 lakh deaths.

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