Coronavirus Cases in India: India has recorded more than 77,000 Covid-related deaths.
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India’s coronavirus count rose to 46,59,984 as it recorded the largest single-day increase in cases with 97,570 new patients in the past 24 hours, government data showed this morning. More than 36 lakh of patients have recovered so far; approximately 9.58 lakh of cases, 20.56 percent of all cases, are active. India reported a record 81,533 recoveries in the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry. Since yesterday, 1,201 covid-related deaths have been registered, bringing the total number of deaths to 77,472. The country has recorded the second highest number of cases in the world after the United States, where the count has risen to almost 64 lakh of cases. India’s recovery rate stood at 77.77 percent this morning, while the death rate was recorded at 1.6 percent.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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The country’s drug controller, DCGI, has told the Serum Institute of India to halt new recruitment for the University of Oxford’s Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials of the Covishield vaccine. Adar Poonawalla’s IBS is making the vaccine with AstraZeneca, the leading drugmaker that has halted vaccine trials in four countries as a precaution. The pause in trials has been linked to a UK volunteer displaying potentially adverse symptoms.
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In a tweet this morning, the Health Ministry said that the gap between the percentage of recovered cases and the percentage of active cases is progressively widening. “The gap between the% of recovered cases and the% of active cases grows progressively. More than 3/4 of the total cases (more than 36 L) recovered and discharged. Active cases (less than 10.5 L) only a small proportion (less than 1/4) of the total cases. (sic), “the tweet read.
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Maharashtra, the country’s worst-hit state, surpassed 10 lakh cases on Friday with a record peak of 24,886 new cases. The state has recorded 28,724 deaths so far, 393 deaths were reported on Friday.
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This is the third day in a row that India has reported a record number of cases. Yesterday, the government said that 96,551 new cases were registered in the previous 24 hours. An increase of 95,735 new infections was reported Thursday. The highest number of deaths in a single day, 1,209, was recorded on Friday.
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A total of 10.91,251 samples were tested on Friday, bringing the total number of samples tested to 5.51,89,226. India has a population of over 130 million rupees and a patient can be examined more than once until he recovers. The positivity rate stood at 8.94 percent this morning, compared to 8.2 percent yesterday.
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In the past 24 hours, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh (9,999), Karnataka (9,464), Uttar Pradesh (7,016), and Tamil Nadu (5,519) reported the highest number of new patients. These five states are also the hardest hit by the outbreak.
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With 200 of 785 MPs over 65, and at least seven union ministers and two dozen lawmakers recovering from COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic has overshadowed the long-awaited monsoon session, which begins next week.
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice in its report presented on Friday recommended the continuation of virtual courts for the identified categories of cases, even after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. This is the first report to be presented by a Parliamentary Panel on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the PTI news agency reported.
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More than 70 percent of the total active COVID-19 cases are in the nine most affected states, while 69 percent of the total deaths reported so far are concentrated in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh the government said. Thursday.
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Worldwide, more than 2.8 million people have been affected by the pandemic; 9.14 lakh have died.
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