COVID-19 India Updates: India is the third most affected country in the world, after the United States and Brazil (File)
Coronavirus Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch ‘high-speed’ COVID-19 testing facilities in three cities – Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata – via video conference.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), these facilities will increase testing capacity in the country and help strengthen early detection and treatment.
With 48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in one day, India’s COVID-19 total climbed to 13,85,522 on Sunday.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases includes 4,678,82 active cases, 8,855,577 cured and with 705 new deaths, the cumulative number of deaths has reached 32,063.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases among the country’s states and Union Territories. Followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi with 2,13,723 and 1,30,606 cases respectively.
India is the third country most affected by the virus in the world, after the United States and Brazil.
Here are the updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Moroccan authorities have announced an entry and exit ban from eight cities in the kingdom due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
Entry into the cities of Casablanca, Tangier, Tétouan, Fez, Marrakech, Meknes, Berrechid and Settat is prohibited from Monday evening, according to a statement from the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior and Health received by Sputnik.
The United States on Sunday recorded 55,187 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally.
The hardest-hit country in the world now has a total caseload of 4,229,624, the Baltimore-based university showed at 8:30 p.m. (00:30 GMT Monday).
518 more deaths brought the total number of deaths to 146,909, AFP reported.
A total of 35 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chandigarh on Sunday, the health department informed.
With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the territory of the Union amounts to 887, of which 302 are active cases and 572 recoveries.
So far, 13 deaths have been reported in Chandigarh, ANI reported.
