The number of COVID-19 cases in India topped 86 lakh on Wednesday, while the number of people who recovered from the disease soared to 80.13 lakh, bringing the national recovery rate to 92, 79%, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health.
With 44,281 more people testing positive for the coronavirus in 24 hours, the number of infections jumped to 86.36,011, while deaths jumped to 127,571 after 512 new deaths were reported, the data showed. updated at 8 o’clock.
Passing another “milestone” in the fight against the pandemic, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in India fell below 5 lakh for the first time after 106 days and represents only 5.73% of the total. case, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 3.05,000 on Wednesday as an additional 1,220 people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Fifteen new deaths brought the state’s coronavirus death toll to 1,469, he said.
At least 1,340 more patients were cured of the disease during the day, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,927,477, or 95.89% of the state’s case count, the official said.
Cyprus on Wednesday announced partial lockdowns at its virus hotspots on the Mediterranean coast and other measures in an attempt to reduce the rise in coronavirus cases.
The resorts of Limassol and Paphos on the south coast are to be partially closed from Thursday to the end of November.
The health minister said travel to or from cities would be banned and a curfew in effect from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
China reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 for Nov. 11, up from 17 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said Thursday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that one of the new cases was a local infection in Tianjin.
The remaining 14 cases were imported infections from overseas, the commission said. Total number of new asymptomatic cases fell to six from 15 reported a day earlier