India's COVID-19 Tally Crosses The 40-Lakh Mark, The Last 10 Lakh Was Reported In 13 Days
India has registered yet another grim milestone in the past 24 hours as the country struggles to control the rapid spread of COVID-19. With a single-day spike of 86,432 new cases, the COVID-19 caseload in the country has breached the 40 lakh mark on Friday.
India has registered yet another grim milestone in the past 24 hours as the country struggles to control the rapid spread of COVID-19.
With a single-day spike of 86,432 new cases, the COVID-19 caseload in the country has breached the 40-lakh mark on Friday. This is the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in the country so far.
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The total number of cases in India currently stands at 40,23,179.
India crossed the 40-lakh mark just 13 days after the total number of COVID-19 infections had gone beyond 30 lakh.
Netizens were quick to point out that it would be matter of a day or two that India will cross Brazil in the overall COVID-19 cases across the world.
Just 1 day away from beating Brazil #coronavirus number's
¡ª SAURABH SAGAR (@SAURABHSAGR) September 5, 2020
Over 3.3 lakh new cases, 4000 deaths in last 96hrs
Worldwide will be at No2 in total #COVID cases tonight
High possibility we might evn beat USA numbers by Oct 10th
Humble request, plz take care of yourself and ur family
For everyone it¡¯s hard be patient any longer. But we clearly need it now more than ever ?
¡ª PS ? (@horngrappy) September 5, 2020
Everything avoidable should be avoided including schools, colleges, offices, metro, local etc.
Are we still nit serious about the gravity of this pandemic?
¡ª Rituraj Mitra (@Rituraj1221) September 5, 2020
India crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and the 30-lakh mark on August 23.
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The number of active cases in the country currently stands at 8,46,395 and the number of those recovered are at 31,07,223.
Over 69,000 deaths so far
India has so far seen 69,561 deaths from COVID-19 out of which 1,089 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit state in India with a total of 8,63,062 cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.
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COVID-19 cases have been rising across the country at an alarming pace and for the past couple of weeks India has been recording the highest number of daily infection in the world.
This was the third consecutive day of the highest rise in new infections in the country. India is the third country after the US and Brazil to record 4 million cases of the coronavirus.
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India could overtake Brazil soon
If the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in a similar pattern, India will overtake Brazil as the second-worst COVID-19 hit country in the world in a matter of days.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday issued a new advisory on COVID-19 testing strategy, allowing 'testing on demand' for individuals but left it to the states to modify the approach as per their discretion.
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It also advised testing on demand for "all individuals undertaking travel to countries or Indian states mandating a negative COVID-19 test at the point of entry". The 'Advisory on Strategy for COVID-19 Testing in India' (version VI) said the state governments can simplify the modalities to facilitate testing on demand.
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