Active COVID-19 cases in the country stand at 7,83,311, while 65,97,209 people have recovered from the disease, 61,871 new coronavirus infections, 1,033 fatalities so far: Union Health Ministry.
Maharashtra (10,259 cases), Kerala (9,016 cases), Karnataka (7,184 cases), Tamil Nadu (4,295 cases) and West Bengal (3,865 cases) have reported the maximum cases in the last 24 hours, the data showed.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported the highest number of cases.
However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Yet, India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 87.8 per cent. ‘Unlock 5.0’ is underway.
Globally, there have been over 3.95 crores confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 11.08 lakh people have died so far.
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India has exponentially scaled up its TESTING capacity from one in January to more than 9.32 cr at present.
The very high testing has resulted in the continuous falling positive rate.
It has now fallen below 8%.
Four days ago, 20 states and UTs were said to have a positivity rate less than the national average.
India has been registering more new recoveries than the new cases consistently in recent days.
As a result, active cases are steadily declining. “Higher testing across wide regions leads to early identification of positive cases, prompt tracking through efficient surveillance and tracing, and timely and effective treatment in homes/facilities and hospitals for severe cases.
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The nine-hour survival of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus strain that causes Covid-19) on human skin may increase the risk of contact transmission in comparison with IAV (influenza A virus), thus accelerating the pandemic,” it said.
The United States surpassed eight million known cases this past week and reported more than 70,000 new infections on Friday, the most in a single day since July.
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has introduced its express COVID-19 RT-PCR test facility for all passengers departing from the airport.
