India’s Covid-19 tally breaches 5 lakh-mark; Global tally nears 10-million.
A total of 18,552 Coronavirus cases & 384 deaths reported on a single-day as deaths inch closer to 16000 mark.
On Saturday, India breached the 5-lakh mark of total Covid-19 cases and reported 18,552 Coronavirus cases, the nation’s biggest single-day rise in cases, to take the nation’s tally to 508,953. India also reported a further 384 deaths which pushed the total fatalities in the country near the 16000-mark with 15,685 deaths, as per the Union Health Ministry’s data. The data also revealed the shocking overall figures of Covid-19 cases, as around 3.18 lakh cases were reported since the beginning of June itself. The number of Coronavirus infections took 110 days in the country to reach 100000 cases, since the first case was reported on January 30th in Kerala. But it took just 39 days to go past the five-lakh-mark, this is a staggering rise which has resulted in India becoming the fourth worst-affected Covid-19 nation in the world.
The total number of active cases rose to 197,387 as a total of 295,880 patients recovered from the fatal virus. This meant that the recovery rate in India improved to 58.13 percent.
Maharashtra’s tally reached 152,765 cases as it reported 5024 fresh infections on Friday, which is the highest single-day count in the state. Delhi is second with 77,240 confirmed cases and Tamil Nadu, which has levied a strict 12-day lockdown in its three worst-affected districts, stood third with 74,622 total coronavirus cases. Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai have become the top three worst-affected Indian cities.
Global Covid-19 tally nears 10-million mark as cases in US surge:
The United States reported 40,800 fresh Coronavirus infections on Friday, which is their biggest single-day surge in the number of cases. It is now the worst affected country with 2.475 million cases and over 125,000 causalities. This rise has contributed to the global count hugely, as the worldwide cases reached over 9.76 Million with 493,040 deaths.
