Coronavirus situation in India continues to worsen as the country keeps reporting over 90,000 cases in a single day. With 97,894 cases in last 24-hour, the total toll has reached past 51 lakh mark. The death toll now stands at 83,198 with fresh 1,132 fatalities.
The total case tally stands at 51,18,254 including 10,09,976 active cases, 40,25,080 discharged & 83,198 deaths, The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare said in a statement.
6,05,65,728 samples tested up to 15th September for Covid-19, of these, 11,36,613 samples tested yesterday, said ICMR.
Delhi saw the biggest jump in its coronavirus cases as it reported 4,473 cases in a single-day, taking the total toll to 2.3 lakh.
The US health officials on Wednesday said that masks are definitely better protection than vaccination, with President Donald Trump insisting that the vaccine for Americans will be available till October. Robert Redfield, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, has said face masks offered much better protection against the infection than a vaccines would. “We have clear scientific evidence mask work, and they are our best defence. I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against Covid-19 than when I take a vaccine,” Redfield said.
Meanwhile, opposition parties in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday slammed the ruling party for its management to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The Opposition condemned the unprepared nationwide lockdown in March four hours’ notice, accusing the Central government for their unfair treatment to migrant workers.
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 29.7 million, while the fatalities have increased to over 939,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases stood at 29,760,579 and the fatalities rose to 939,427, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) said in its latest update.
