Covid-19 cases in India have crossed four million with the peak number of cases coming from Maharashtra (636,574), followed by Tamil Nadu (398,366), Andhra Pradesh (382,104) and Karnataka (283,298).
As of Sunday, there were 4,113,811 confirmed cases in the country and of them 862,320 were active while the figure has risen to 70,626. Recoveries from the coronavirus disease have exceeded 3.1 million and a total of 3,180,865 people have been discharged from the hospital, according to the board of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Covid-19 cases worldwide have exceeded 26 million, with the United States reporting the highest number of cases with 6,243,849 followed by Brazil (4,092,832), according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. The global number of victims of the infection has risen to 877,438.
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First Posted: Sep 6, 2020 7:23 AM IST
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