Coronavirus Cases in India: India remains the second country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi:
India’s COVID-19 count has crossed the 62 lakh mark with 80,472 new coronavirus cases and 1,179 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, data from the Ministry of Health released this morning shows. The country now has 62,25,764 total coronavirus cases, including 9,40,441 active cases and 51,87,825 recoveries. A total of 97,497 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 so far, gradually approaching the 1 lakh mark. With 86,428 more people battling COVID-19, the number of total recoveries was close to 52 lakh. On Tuesday, the government said the country has the highest number of people who have battled the disease.
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India’s overall recovery rate is 83.3%, its daily positivity rate is 7.4%, and its death rate is 1.5%. Active cases make up about 15 percent of all cases, the government has said.
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The government has said that the country’s active cases have been steadily declining since September 15, and that India was doing well in terms of cases per million people.
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“We have only 4,400 cases per million inhabitants when several countries have more than 20,000 cases per million. Our deaths per million are 70; other countries have more than 600 deaths per million,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh said on Tuesday. Bhushan, in a speech in India. fight against COVID-19.
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Warning that more than 90 percent of the country’s population was still vulnerable to infection, NITI member Aayog (health) VK Paul said the emphasis now is on focused testing and monitoring.
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The Ministry of Health tested 10.86 lakh in the last 24 hours, up from 11 lakh the day before. So far, the country has conducted more than 7.4 crore of tests.
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India’s CRISPR ‘Feluda’ COVID-19 test that changes color when detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and easier alternative to a diagnosis by RT-PCR, instead of the rapid test of antigens. The Feluda test is priced at Rs 500 and can give a result in 45 minutes.
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The center is expected to announce the guidelines for the fifth phase of easing Covid-related restrictions, as the current phase, Unlock 4, ends today. Unlock 5 will likely go into effect on Thursday, October 1, and is expected to remain in effect until October 30.
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Tamil Nadu has extended its coronavirus lockdown until October 31, but has also announced major relaxations, including the reopening of local rural weekly markets, government training institutes, increasing the crew member limit on a film.
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India remains the second most affected country by the coronavirus pandemic, only after the United States, which has more than 72 lakh of cases with 21 lakh of deaths. Global coronavirus infections have soared above Rs 3.38 million since the outbreak in China less than a year ago.
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China has passed through more than a dozen countries, including Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Russia, to conduct end-stage testing of its COVID experimental. 19 vaccines, as he seeks to stay ahead in the international race to immunize the world’s population as part of his allure offensive to win goodwill.
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