A health worker explains the operation of an oximeter to an asymptomatic person who tested positive for Covid-19 at a local Delhi government dispensary on September 1, 2020 (AP Photo / Manish Swarup).
Coronavirus cases in India crossed the 37 lakh mark on Wednesday, with 78,357 new Covid-19 infections reported in the past 24 hours across the country. As many as 1,045 deaths in the last day brought the death toll from coronavirus in India to 66,333.
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Coronavirus cases in India crossed the 37 lakh mark on Wednesday, with 78,357 new Covid-19 infections reported in the past 24 hours across the country. As many as 1,045 deaths in the last day brought the death toll from coronavirus in India to 66,333.
Among the total coronavirus cases in India, more than 8 lakh are active cases, while 29 lakh have been cured or discharged, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Here’s a look at the increase in new coronavirus cases in India in the last 24 hours:
India reported the most new Covid-19 cases of any country in the past week, increasing the global count by 1 percent, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Overall, new global deaths in the past seven days fell 3% compared to the previous week, the WHO reported, adding that new infections worldwide rose by 1.8 million.
“Southeast Asia has reported the largest weekly increase, largely due to increased case detection in India,” the WHO said. “India has reported almost 500,000 new cases in the past seven days, a 9% increase compared to the previous seven days and the highest number of new cases globally.”
India’s Covid-19 count had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 and surpassed 30 lakh on August 23.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 4,43,37,201 samples have been analyzed as of September 1, of which 10,12,367 were analyzed on Tuesday.
Of the 1,045 recent deaths, 320 are from Maharashtra, 135 from Karnataka, 96 from Tamil Nadu, 84 from Andhra Pradesh, 59 from Punjab, 56 from Uttar Pradesh, 55 from West Bengal, 39 from Bihar, 32 from Madhya Pradesh, 18 Delhi, 17 from Haryana, 14 from Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, 13 from Rajasthan and 12 from Puducherry.
Of the total 66,333 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra has the highest of 24,903 followed by 7,418 in Tamil Nadu, 5,837 in Karnataka, 4,462 in Delhi, 4,053 in Andhra Pradesh, 3,542 in Uttar Pradesh, 3,283 in West Bengal, 3,034 in Gujarat and 1,512 in Punjab.
The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70 percent of the deaths were due to comorbidities. “Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR,” the ministry said on its website, adding that the state distribution of the figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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