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India's Covid-19 cases cross 50 lakh-mark

  •   Wed, Sep 16 2020 10:23:15 AM

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS): With a massive spike of 90,123 cases, including 1,290 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Wednesday crossed the grim mark of 50 lakh, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The total corona tally stands at 50,20,359 cases.

On July 17, India had logged 10 lakh cases, which then doubled to 20 lakh in 20 days on August 7. The country added another 10 lakh on August 23 and went past 40 lakh on September 5. In 11 days, it added another 10 lakh cases, mounting to 50 lakh cases on Wednesday.

Out of the total cases, 9,95,933 are active, 39,42,360 have been discharged, while 82,066 lost the battle against the viral disease. In the last 24 hours, 82,961 patients were discharged.

While the recovery rate stands at a whopping high of 78.53 percent, the fatality rate has come down to 1.63 percent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 10,97,856 cases, including 30,409 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

On Monday, the ministry asked Delhi, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu to ramp up their testing. These are the states whose positivity rates are faring above the national average. Meanwhile, four of these states account for more than half (53.5 percent) of the active cases.

According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 11,16,842 sample tests in a single day on Tuesday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 5,94,29,115.

 
  

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  • Krish, Udupi

    Wed, Sep 16 2020

    Maharastra alone contributed 10,97,856 cases which is 21.87% of over all cases in India (50,18,034)
    Maharastra alone contributed 30,409 Deaths which is 37.04% of over all death in India (82,091)
    Maharastra alone contributed 7,75,273 Recoveries which is 19.60% of over all Recoveries in India (39,39,111)
    Maharastra alone contributed 54,09,060 Test which is 9.10% of over all Tests in India (5,94,29,115)
    Maharastra alone contributed 2,91,797 Active cases which is 29.29% of over all Active cases in India (9,96,122)

    Maharastra achievements
    Less Test
    Less Recovery
    More Cases
    More Active Cases
    More Death

    Yesturday India recorded 1283 deaths across country and Maharastra alone contributed 515 deaths which is more than 40% of total death in India for day.

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Sep 16 2020

    Being the largest population and with high number of testing, India will top the world in number of infections sooner or later.
    I have all doubts about the collaboration of pak and china in introducing this virus, aimed at India. Surprising the infection rates in Pakistan and China are minimal.

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