A health official takes nasal and throat swab samples from a child to test for Covid-19 at a primary health center in Siliguri on September 2, 2020 (DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP).
India surpassed the 38 lakh mark on Thursday with the largest single-day increase of 83,883 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The death toll rose to 67,376 when 1,043 people succumbed to the disease in one day.
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India on Thursday recorded the sharpest spike in a single day of 83,883 coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total Covid-19 count to more than 38 lakh. India had passed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 and surpassed 30 lakh on August 23.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the country amounted to 38,53,406, while the death toll rose to 67,376 when 1,043 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, data from the Ministry of Health updated at 8 a.m. A.M.
Of the 1,043 recent deaths, 292 are from Maharashtra, 113 from Karnataka, 106 from Punjab, 98 from Tamil Nadu, 74 from Uttar Pradesh, 72 from Andhra Pradesh, 56 from West Bengal, 27 from Madhya Pradesh, 25 from Bihar, 19 Delhi, 15 each from Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, 13 from Puducherry, and 12 from Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Here is a GIF that maps the new coronavirus cases in India in the last 24 hours:
India has the third highest count of virus infections in the world, with more than 3.7 million confirmed cases, behind the United States and Brazil.
Despite a strict shutdown, the pandemic has shown no signs of slowing down as it moves from the cities into the rural interior of the country.
Of the total 67,376 deaths nationwide, Maharashtra has reported the highest of 25,195, followed by 7,516 in Tamil Nadu, 5,950 in Karnataka, 4,481 in Delhi, 4,125 in Andhra Pradesh, 3,616 in Uttar Pradesh, 3,339 in West Bengal, 3,046 in Gujarat and 1,618 in Punjab. So far 1,453 people have died of Covid-19 in Madhya Pradesh, 1,081 in Rajasthan, 856 in Telangana, 732 in Jammu and Kashmir, 721 in Haryana, 646 in Bihar, 514 in Odisha, 438 in Jharkhand, 323 in Assam, 305 in Kerala, 299 in Chhattisgarh and 291 in Uttarakhand.
Puducherry has registered 253 deaths, Goa 204, Tripura 126, Chandigarh 59, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 47, Himachal Pradesh 43, Ladakh 35, Manipur 29, Meghalaya 13, Nagaland nine, Arunachal Pradesh seven, Sikkim four and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu two each. The Ministry of Health highlighted that more than 70 percent of deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council for Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that the distribution of the figures statewide is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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