With 85,362 new cases, India's corona tally reaches 59L


New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS): With a spike of 85,362 coronavirus cases and 1,089 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Saturday reached 59,03,932 cases, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Out of the total cases, 9,60,969 are currently active, 48,49,584 have been discharged, while 93,379 lost the battle against the viral disease.

While the recovery rate stands at 81.74 per cent, the fatality rate has come down to 1.59 per cent.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 13,00,757 cases, including 34,761 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. About 75 per cent of the new cases are found to be concentrated in ten states and UTs.

According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 14,41,535 sample tests in a single day on Friday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 7,02,69,975.

On the global front, India rallies behind the US, which has recorded 70,32,524 cases and 2,03,657 deaths. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases in the world stood at 3,24,71,119 and the fatalities rose to 9,87,593.

 

  

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  • Krish, Udupi

    Sat, Sep 26 2020

    total infection in Maharastra is 13,00,757 which is almost double than Andra pradesh 6,61,458
    total death in Maharastra is 34,761 which is more than 6 times than Andra Pradesh 5,606.

    total death in maharastra is 37.71% of total in country
    total death in Andra is 6% of total in country

    20% of tests resulted positive in maharastra
    12% of tests Resulted positive in Andra [radesh

    2.67% positive people died in maharastra
    0.84% positive people died in andra pradesh

    21% of positive cases are still active in maharastra
    10% of positive cases are still active in andra pradesh

    Maharastra CM calls himself No. 1 in world

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  • Krish, Udupi

    Sat, Sep 26 2020

    MAHARASTRA CONTRIBUTION
    22 % OF TOTAL INFECTION IN COUNTRY
    37.20% OF TOTAL DEATH IN COUNTRY
    AND JUST 8.93% OF TOTAL TESTES IN COUNTRY

    MAHARASTRA GOVT TRYING TO CONTROLE ONLY KANGANA.

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