So far, India reported 400,000 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the total caseload to 10,0 31,6 59. As many as 145,5 13 people have died of the disease till now and a total of 9,579,681 people recovered as per data from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW).
India is in the number one position in terms of the number of recovered coronavirus cases, followed by Brazil, according to the Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling global COVID-19 data.
India is the second worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 cases after the US, while it is in the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil, according to the JHU data.
Maharashtra’s coronavirus tally reached 1.89M after 3,994 people tested positive for the infection. A total of 9.55M patients were discharged after recovery.
So far, 17.79 lakh people have recovered. However, the fatality count went up to 48,574 with the death of 75 patients. Mumbai city reported 642 new cases, pushing its overall count to 2.85 lakh while its death toll rose to 10,970 as nine patients succumbed to the virus.
Measured over two successive fortnights— November 22-December 5 and December 5-18 — Kerala’s deaths from the novel coronavirus show an uptick from 341 to 367. In Tamil Nadu, the casualties have increased from 172 to 177 during the two 14-day periods examined by TOI.
With an addition of 423 new Covid-19 cases, the tally in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 2,38,528, an official said on Sunday. The district has also reported eight new deaths due to the viral infection, taking the toll to 5,871, he said. As of now, there are 4,547 active Covid-19 cases in the district, while 2,28,110 patients have recovered.
33 States and UTs have less than 20,000 Active Cases. Kerala & Maharashtra together account for 40% of total COVID-19 active cases.
World COVID-19 updates:
The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 76,363,696. While 53,548,773 have recovered, 1,687,601 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 17,878,152 cases, and 320,766 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, and Brazil (7,163,912), Russia (2,791,220), France (2,442,990).
The head of U.S. vaccine distribution apologizes as at least 14 states are getting fewer doses than expected in the near term. As the world’s total cases top 75 million, Britain heads into a harsh lockdown, citing a new variant of the virus.
From the discovery of a new strain of virus in the United Kingdom, to 12 countries asking India for vaccine – here are the top news updates on the Covid-19 pandemic. India’s Union health minister Harsh Vardhan said that the country’s Covid recovery rate – over 95% – is the highest in the world.
