India registered more than 94,000 fresh Covid-19 cases , taking country’s total tally past 54-lakh mark. The death toll has risen to 86,752 after 1133 casualties were reported in the last 24-hour. The total number of cases in the country are 54,00,620, of which, 10,10,824 are active cases, while 43,03,044 patients have already been cured.
6,36,61,060 samples tested up to 19th September for Covid-19. Of these, 12,06,806 samples were tested yesterday, said Indian Council of Medical Research.
Maharashtra, one of the worst-affected states of the country, reported 21,907 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the case tally to 11,88,015. The death toll rose to 32,216 with 425 new fatalities, on Saturday, a health official said.
According to the details provided by Centre in Rajya Sabha, on Saturday, the coronavirus pandemic has killed 41 and infected 22,533 armed forces personnel. Minister of State for Defence, Shriapad Naik, said that a series of measures have been put in place to check the spread of covid infection among military forces.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, on Saturday, informed that Ninety-seven pepople who boarded Shramik Special trains have lost their lives while returning home during the nationwide lockdown. “Based on the data provided by State Police, 97 persons have been reported dead till 09.09.2020 while travelling on board Shramik Special Trains during current Covid-19 situation/crisis,” the minister said.
India, meanwhile, overtook US to top Covid global recoveries, the health ministry said on Saturday, calling it a “landmark global achievement”. With 42,08,431 patients having recovered from the disease so far, the country has reported the highest number of recoveries, taking the national recovery rate to nearly 80 per cent, while the casualty rate has further dropped to 1.61 per cent, the ministry said. “India now accounts for close to 19 per cent of the total global recoveries. This has strongly pushed the national recovery rate to 79.28 per cent,” it stated.
In a positive outlook, the phase-III human clinical trial of the Oxford vaccine, being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, are scheduled to begin in Pune next week.
Globally, more than 30 million have been infected, of which, over 20 million have recovered so far. At least 950,434 people have succumbed to the novel coronavirus so far.
