Coronavirus cases in India: India has tested more than 4.55 crore of samples so far.
Highlight
- India’s Covid count is only 1.5 lakh behind Brazil
- Record of 11,72,179 samples analyzed in the last 24 hours
- More than 29 lakh have recovered from the infection in the country so far.
New Delhi:
A record rise of 83,883 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours brought India’s Covid count to more than 38 lakh, just 1.5 lakh behind Brazil, the second-worst-affected nation in the world, ministry data showed. Union Health Department this morning. In the past 24 hours, 11,72,179 samples were analyzed, the highest single-day tests yet, bringing the total number of tests to more than 4.55 million rupees. 1,043 additional deaths related to the highly contagious disease have brought the total number of deaths to 67,376. More than 29 lakh have recovered from the infection in the country so far. Maharashtra remains the state most affected by the pandemic, followed by three southern states: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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Maharashtra reported a record increase of 17,433 new cases, its highest single-day count so far, bringing its tally to 8.25,739. The state also reported 292 recent deaths, 34 of them in the state capital Mumbai, bringing the death tally to 25,195.
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Andhra Pradesh, the state with the second highest coronavirus count, has maintained a steady streak for another day, with 10,392 new coronavirus cases, bringing the state’s total case to 4,55,531.
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With 5,990 new COVID cases, Tamil Nadu’s COVID-19 count has reached 4,39,959. The southern state also reported 98 deaths, bringing the death toll to 7,516. Up to 75,829 samples have been tested and 49,64,141 have been tested to date, according to a health department bulletin.
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Karnataka on Wednesday reported its biggest single-day increase of more than 9,800 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths, bringing the infection count to 3.61,341 and the death toll to 5,950, the health department said. The day saw the state testing a record 73,317 samples, including 38,735 using the rapid antigen kits, as the cumulative samples examined crossed the 30 lakh mark.
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The number of active COVID-19 cases in Delhi increased by about 50 percent in one month, and the city witnessed a marked spike in new cases, according to government data. The number of active COVID-19 cases has risen to more than 15,000, an analysis of the Delhi government health bulletins showed.
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In the northeast, Tripura recorded its highest peak in a single day of 566 cases. This is the third consecutive highest peak day in Tripura. So far 125 deaths have been reported in the state. Tripura has the highest death rate and the lowest recovery rate in the Northeast.
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India has been reporting “one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world” and the figure has declined further to 1.76% from a world average of 3.3%, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. of the Union. “While the world average is 110 deaths per million inhabitants, India reports 48 deaths per million inhabitants. The comparative figure for Brazil and the United Kingdom is 12 and 13 times higher, respectively,” the ministry said.
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International passengers who have to take domestic connecting flights after landing in India can be tested for COVID-19 at the inbound airports, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Wednesday. If the result of the RT-PCR test is negative, the international passenger will be able to take their connecting domestic flight and will not need to undergo any institutional quarantine in the destination city, according to the order of the ministry.
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Global coronavirus infections have skyrocketed past Rs 2.57 crore, as countries tighten restrictions to stem the health crisis that has disrupted the lives of most of humanity. More than 8.56 lakh people have died from the infection worldwide.
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The United States, the country hardest hit by the pandemic, has said it will not work with the global effort to develop and distribute a coronavirus vaccine because it does not want to be limited by multilateral groups like the World Health Organization.
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