The country recorded 44,684 fresh cases of covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, pushing its COVID-19 tally to 87.73 lakh, the latest data from health ministry said. With 520 people losing lives to the virus on Friday the death toll stands at 1,29,188. Out of the total cases, 4.80 lakh cases are active while 81.63 lakh people have recovered after testing positive. Total active cases dropped to 4.8 lakh as number of recoveries remained higher than new infections
With over 7,800 cases, Delhi continues to the biggest contributor in the country’s total caseload. Maharashtra, which is the second-worst affected state, is likely to see second wave of covid-19 in January-February.
A total of 12,40,31,230 samples tested for Covid up to 13th November, of these 9,29,491 samples were tested yesterday: ICMR
Here’re some more updates:
*Jharkhand’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,05,781 as 288 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Saturday.
*The Nagaland government has decided to impose a fine of Rs 100 on people who don’t wear face masks in public places and Rs 500 on institutions without handwashing facilities with immediate effect, an official said on Saturday.
*Haryana logged more than 2,700 cases for the second consecutive day.
*Gujarat: Guidelines issued for reopening of colleges, varsities on November 23
*Assam’s COVID-19 death toll increased to 958 with the death of one person while 233 new cases pushed the tally to 2,10,068 on Friday, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
*Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated his call to take strict action against the raging Covid-19 pandemic, as new cases across the country have hit a record high.
*France reported 932 new coronavirus fatalities in a 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day increase in the number of deaths since April, the health ministry said.
Meanwhile, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 53.2 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,301,020, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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