New Delhi:
India has reported 48,916 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 13,361,861, according to government data. The country also recorded 757 virus-related deaths during the period, according to data released by the Ministry of Health. With 31,358 deaths, India’s death toll is now the sixth in the world; the country is behind the United States, Brazil, Great Britain, Mexico and Italy. The recovery rate is 63.53% and the positivity rate is 11.62%. The largest number of samples was tested on Friday, with 420,898 samples taken.
Here are 10 developments in this great story:
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India’s coronavirus case count crossed 13 lakh on Friday – the day the country also reported a record one-day jump of 49,310 new infections. It took 177 days for the country to reach the 13 lakh mark.
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The number of coronavirus cases in India has doubled in nearly three weeks since July 2 when the country crossed the six lakh mark. The country’s Covid total hit the 10 lakh mark last Friday. Since then, around three lakh new infections have been reported.
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Maharashtra – the most affected state – recorded 9,615 new cases on Friday, including 1,057 in Mumbai. The state’s COVID-19 tally currently stands at 3.57,117; the number of virus-related deaths rose to 13,132 with 278 new deaths on Friday, the health department said in a statement.
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Delhi registered 1,025 new cases on Friday, bringing the total number of cases in the city to more than 1.28 lakh. From July 11 to 19, the nation’s capital reported new cases in the order of 1,000 to 2,000 consecutive. The number of new cases reported on July 19 stood at 1,211. So far, 3,777 people have died from the virus in Delhi, authorities said.
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The cure rate in Delhi, however, has improved to more than 86% and active cases have dropped to 13,681, the lowest in the past seven weeks, according to the health bulletin released on Friday.
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The COVID-19 tally in Assam reached 29,921 with 1,130 new cases reported on Friday, while the death toll rose to 76 with six more deaths, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The state capital Assam has so far reported 13,088 cases of coronavirus infection.
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Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 22,693 with a record 1,594 new cases on Friday. Ganjam district accounted for the maximum number of 732 new cases, followed by Khurda with 320 cases and Cuttack 136, according to the PTI news agency. At least 120 people have died from the virus.
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“With 864 cases per million and less than 21 deaths per million of our population, India has one of the lowest infection and death rates in the world,” the Minister of Health said on Friday. Union, Harsh Vardhan, highlighting the cure rate in coronaviruses. the infected patients in the country are 63.45% while the death rate is 2.3%.
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The World Health Organization on Friday reported a record increase in the number of coronavirus cases worldwide, with a total increase of 284,196 deaths in 24 hours. Deaths increased by 9,753, the largest increase in one day since a record 9,797 deaths on April 30.
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The pandemic has killed more than 633,000 people worldwide since it emerged in China at the end of last year, with more than 15.5 million people infected, according to the AFP news agency.
