Since August 4, India’s daily coronavirus case count has been the highest in the world.
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India’s COVID-19 count crossed the 34 lakh mark with a peak of 76,472 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry this morning. An additional 1,021 new deaths brought the overall death count to 62,550, it said. . The number of new cases in India on Thursday was the highest in the world, crossing that of the United States. 26,48,998 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, raising the recovery rate to 76.47%. Maharashtra remains the state most affected by the pandemic, with 7,47,995 cases. Since August 4, India’s daily coronavirus case count has been the highest in the world.
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Maharashtra reported 14,857 new cases of coronavirus infection on Friday, bringing the case count in the state to 7,47,995. 106 police officers in the state also tested positive for COVID-19. Maharashttra is followed by Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
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With 5,996 new COVID-19 cases reported on Friday, Tamil Nadu, the second most affected state, has 4,09,238 cases now.
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Andhra Pradesh Covid count has crossed the four lakh mark with over 10,000 fresh positives for the third day in a row. The state has tested 61,331 samples, of which 10,526 tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.
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Neighboring Telangana reported 2,932 new COVID-19 cases, 1,580 recoveries and 11 deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of positive cases to 1.17,415 in the state.
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Delhi is witnessing a resurgence in the number of coronavirus cases as the numbers have risen again. On Friday, the national capital registered 1,808 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the count in the city to more than 1.69 lakh. The number of deaths due to the disease stands at 4,389, authorities said. This is the second day in a row that Delhi recorded more than 1,800 new cases in August.
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More than three-quarters of the total cases have recovered in the last 5 months and less than a quarter are active patients, the Ministry of Health said.
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“In the last five months, more than 3/4 of the cases have recovered and less than 1/4 are active now. The effective implementation of the Center’s strategic and graduated TEST-TRACK-TREAT approach has led to higher recoveries and lower fatality, “tweeted the Union Ministry of Health.
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On Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, after a meeting of the decision-making body to set GST policies, said that the coronavirus pandemic was “an act of God” and an unforeseen factor that affected the collections of GST.
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The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 8.31 lakh people worldwide since it emerged in China late last year. More than 2.44 million people have been infected with the new coronavirus.
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The United States is by far the most affected country in the world in terms of the number of cases and deaths. The country passed the grim milestone of 1.80,000 coronavirus deaths on Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins University real-time tracker.
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