Covid-19 India: 40,000 new cases, Over 7 lakh patients recovered so far

Corona is making new records daily in the country. In the last 24 hours, more than 40 thousand new Covid-19 cases have been reported and 681 people have died. This is the record for the most new cases coming in a day. According to the Health Ministry, the total number of patients in the country has gone up to 11 lakh 18 thousand 43, in which 27 thousand 497 people have died.

In the last 24 hours, more than 40 thousand new cases have been reported and 681 people have died. According to the Health Ministry, the total number of patients in the country has gone up to 11 lakh 18 thousand 43, in which 27 thousand 497 people have died.

The Health Ministry yesterday said that the case fatality rate (CFR) has for the first time dropped below 2.5 per cent. At 2.49 per cent, India’s CFR is 1.78 percentage points lower than the global average. According to data released by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, 29 states and Union Territories have a CFR that is below the national average, with 14 states reporting a CFR of less than 1%.

Globally, the pandemic has infected nearly 14.5 million people, with 6-lakh casualties. The United States continues to be the worst-affected followed by Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.

Corona is making new records daily in the country. In the last 24 hours, more than 40 thousand new cases have been reported and 681 people have died. This is the record for the most new cases coming in a day. According to the Health Ministry, the total number of patients in the country has gone up to 11 lakh 18 thousand 43, in which 27 thousand 497 people have died.

It is a matter of relief that so far more than 7 lakh patients have been cured from Corona, while the number of active cases is more than 3 lakh 90 thousand. Maharashtra is the most affected by Corona. There were over 9500 new cases in Maharashtra yesterday. The total number of patients here is beyond 3 lakh 10 thousand, in which 11,854 people have died.

Tamil Nadu is the most affected by Corona after Maharashtra. The total number of patients here is 1 lakh 70 thousand 693, in which 2481 people have died. So far, about 1 lakh 18 thousand patients have been cured, while the number of active cases is more than 50 thousand.

In the country's capital Delhi,  Yesterday i.e. Sunday, around 1200 cases were reported. The total number of patients in Delhi is 1 lakh 22 thousand 793, in which 1 lakh 3 thousand 134 patients have been cured. The number of active cases in Delhi is more than 16 thousand.

In Karnataka, the number of corona patients is increasing rapidly. The total number of patients here has crossed 63 thousand, in which 1331 people have died. The number of active cases in Karnataka is more than 39 thousand, while so far more than 23 thousand patients have been cured.

Like Karnataka, the number of corona patients in Uttar Pradesh is increasing rapidly. More than 2 thousand new cases have been reported in UP only yesterday. The total number of patients here has gone up to 49 thousand 247, in which 1146 people have died. The number of active cases in the state is more than 18 thousand.  Bihar, of late, has been witnessing an alarming rise in the number of patients.

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**	Total Confirmed cases*
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	58	145	0	203
2	Andhra Pradesh	26118	22890	642	49650
3	Arunachal Pradesh	455	282	3	740
4	Assam	7919	16023	57	23999
5	Bihar	10044	16308	217	26569
6	Chandigarh	217	488	12	717
7	Chhattisgarh	1608	3775	24	5407
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	189	414	2	605
9	Delhi	16031	103134	3628	122793
10	Goa	1417	2218	22	3657
11	Gujarat	11312	34901	2142	48355
12	Haryana	6022	19793	349	26164
13	Himachal Pradesh	413	1059	11	1483
14	Jammu and Kashmir	5844	7811	244	13899
15	Jharkhand	2770	2716	49	5535
16	Karnataka	39376	23065	1331	63772
17	Kerala	7067	5371	42	12480
18	Ladakh	173	1003	2	1178
19	Madhya Pradesh	6568	15311	721	22600
20	Maharashtra	129032	169569	11854	310455
21	Manipur	698	1213	0	1911
22	Meghalaya	382	66	2	450
23	Mizoram	117	167	0	284
24	Nagaland	543	445	0	988
25	Odisha	4893	12453	91	17437
26	Puducherry	817	1154	28	1999
27	Punjab	3311	6535	254	10100
28	Rajasthan	7145	21730	559	29434
29	Sikkim	191	92	0	283
30	Tamil Nadu	50297	117915	2481	170693
31	Telangana	12223	32438	415	45076
32	Tripura	1114	1759	5	2878
33	Uttarakhand	1347	3116	52	4515
34	Uttar Pradesh	18256	29845	1146	49247
35	West Bengal	16492	24883	1112	42487
	Total#	390459	700087	27497	1118043
*(Including foreign Nationals)
**( more than 70% cases due to comorbidities )

                                                        

So far in India, 1.40 crore samples have been tested for coronavirus, according to medical research body ICMR. On Sunday, over 2.5 lakh samples were tested.

Bharat Biotech last week started human clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate Covaxin.

Pharma major Zydus Cadila had also last week started clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with the first human dosing.

Vaccine major Serum Institute of India, which is working on the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine, plans to start human trials in India in August 2020.

Written by Kumar Saurav, He is Journalism graduate from Indian Institute of Mass Communication New Delhi.

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