The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded 540 fresh positive cases of Coronavirus, by this the total number of positive cases rises to 19,419. AIR reports that 11 more deaths were reported due to COVID-19, thus taking the number of people who died of the infection is 352 including 327 from Kashmir and 25 from Jammu division.
India is currently around five lakh Covid-19 tests every day and the plan is to double the number in next one-two months, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.
During the launch of a compendium on ‘Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Technologies for Covid-19 Mitigation’, Vardhan said the country’s recovery rate of over 64 per cent is the best in the world while the fatality rate is nearly 2.2 per cent.
India has recorded 15,83,792 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 34,193 deaths.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases today. However, infections are rising rapidly in states like Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.While India’s recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 64.4 percent.
Globally, there have been over 1.69 crore confirmed cases of COVID-19. More than 6.63 lakh people have died so far.