Coronavirus case: India is the second most affected country in the world by the pandemic after the United States. (File)
New Delhi:
India has so far recorded 66.23,815 cases of coronavirus with 74,442 new infections. 903 deaths in the past 24 hours brought the total number of deaths to 1.02,685. 76,737 patients recovered from the infection in the country in the past 24 hours. With 55.86703 people in the country who have recovered since the start of the pandemic, the overall recovery rate is 84.3%. India is the second most affected country in the world by the pandemic after the United States. The country reported its first case on January 30.
Maharashtra, the Indian state worst hit by COVID-19, added 12,548 new cases, with the total number of infected reaching 14.43 lakh. More than 4 lakh restaurants, bars and hotels in Maharashtra will reopen today after a six-month hiatus as part of the fifth phase of easing COVID-19 restrictions, called Unlock 5.
Meanwhile, around 30% of COVID-19 patients in hospital intensive care units are young people under the age of 40, top doctors in Mumbai have said.
