India logged in 30,548 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24-hours. This is the lowest number of daily cases reported since July 14.The fresh new additions have taken the country’s total tally to 88.45 lakh.
With 435 people succumbing to the virus Sunday the death toll stands at 1,30,070. Out of the total cases, 4.65 lakh cases are active, while 82.49 lakh people have recuperated after the virus.
The sudden number of decrease in daily cases is due to the low testing numbers. Since Friday, less than 10 lakh testing have been tested and the number dropped to 8 lakh on Saturday. Earlier, the number of testing stood between 11 lakh and 12 lakh.
A total of 12,56,98,525 samples tested for #COVID19 up to 15th November, of these 8,61,706 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
Here’re more updates related to the covid-19 pandemic:
*Maharashtra: Devotees offer prayers at Shirdi Sai Baba temple; all religious places in the State have been allowed to reopen from today after remaining shut for months.(ANI)
*Delhi logged in 3,235 fresh cases, its lowest since October 26 when 2,832 cases were reported, taking the infection tally to 4,85,405. This may be because of to fewer tests being conducted on Diwali.
*British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had contracted the virus earlier, is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19.
*The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the African continent had reached 1,963,702, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Sunday.
*Another 24,962 people in Britain have been infected with Covid-19, pushing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 1,369,318, according to official figures released on Sunday.
*Jharkhand’s Covid-19 tally mounted to 1,06,064 as 129 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Monday.
*The Chinese mainland reported eight new imported Covid-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,701, the National Health Commission said Monday.
Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 54.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,316,130, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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