The number of coronavirus cases in India crossed 10 lakh(1 million) as the country witnessed new hotspots emerging. With rapid rise in infection, India has now become third highest country affected by the pandemic.
In last 24 hours, India saw surge of 34,956 new cases, taking the total toll to 1,003, 832, the health ministry reported on Friday. This includes 635, 757 recoveries and 25,602 fatalities reported from across the country. Over the last 24 hours, 22, 942 patients have recovered while 687 people have lost their lives to the virus.
Breaking all previous records, India’s caseload has risen from 8 lakh to 10 lakh in just six days. Similarly, the death toll also saw increase of 5,000 cases in just 10 days.
More than 52 per cent cases have been reported from just 10 cities, with a third of all such cases on Maharashtra. With 8,641 new cases, Mahrashtra recorded highest single-day spike on Thursday. The state’s overall tally currently stands at 284,281. The state also reported 266 deaths, taking the total toll to over 11,000. Mumabi reamins the worst hit city in the country as well as the state as it now has 97,950 cases.
Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, and Telangana are among other states which have reported most number of cases. However, Tamil Nadu’s capital city, Chennai, saw decline in active cases.
Except US and Brazil, India is the only country to reach one million coronavirus cases mark. However, in compared to other countries, India has shown an increase in recovery rate that has gone up to 63.33 per cent. With more than half of the patients recovered, India currently has 330, 725 active cases.
Meanwhile, according to the Worldometer, more than 13.9 million infections and 592, 791 deaths have been recorded across the globe while 8,285,926 have recovered.