India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) case count exceeded 9.95 million, data from the Union Health Ministry showed on Thursday. However, of these, 9,489,740 or more than 95% are recovered cases, the ministry board showed. As India, along with the rest of the world, continues to fight the pandemic, the Center has repeatedly emphasized how the country’s recovered case count and recovery rate are among the highest globally.
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India has the second highest number of Covid-19 cases. This is where other countries are most affected:
1. United States: With more than 17 million cases of Covid-19, according to a count by worldometers, the United States is the only country that has crossed the 10 million mark. The count further shows that more than 10 million people have recovered in the US, giving it a recovery rate of almost 58.50%. The United States has also started giving injections of the Pfizer / BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine, so the recovery rate could improve in the future.
2. Brazil: The South American nation on Wednesday became the third country after the United States and India to cross the seven million cases mark. Brazil reported a record 70,574 new infections in the previous 24 hours, its health ministry said. However, the number of recoveries amounted to more than 6.1 million, giving the country a recovery rate of more than 86%.
3. Russia: The world’s largest nation also has the fourth highest number of Covid-19 cases globally. A global tally shows that Russia has recorded a total of more than 2.7 million, with nearly 2.2 million recovering from the disease, giving Russia a recovery rate of nearly 79.60%. In August, Russia registered the “world’s first vaccine against Covid-19,” Sputnik V.
4. France: According to worldometers, France is the fifth country most affected by Covid-19 in the world, with more than 2.4 million infections. However, the tally also shows that France only has just over 180,000 recoveries, giving it one of the worst recovery rates in the world, just under 7.50%.
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