India has recorded over 58 lakh coronavirus cases, with 86,052 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll from the virus has reached 92,290, as per the latest update from health ministry.
The total case tally stands at 59,03,933 including 9,60,969 active cases, 48,49,585 recovered cases and 93,379 deaths.
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said, “7,02,69,975 samples have been tested up to 25th September for COVID-19. Of these, 13,41,535 samples were tested yesterday.”
Here’s a look at top five states with maximum case load:
Maharashtra reported 17,794 new coronavirus cases which took infection count to 13,00,757; death toll has reached 34,761 with 416 new fatalities.
Andhra Pradesh reported 7,855 cases in last 24-hour, taking state’s total toll to 6,54,385. Number of recovered patients currently stands at 5, 79,474 while 5,558 casualties have been reported.
With 5,692 fresh cases, Tamil Nadu’s total tally is at 5,63,691. Recoveries have reached 5,08,210 while death toll is at 9,076.
Karnataka reported 8,655 new Covid-19 cases, 5,644 discharges & 86 deaths. The total number of cases in the state now stands at 5,57,212 including 98,474 active cases, 4,50,302 discharges & 8,417 deaths: Health department
Uttar Pradesh registered 4,519 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the total tally in the state to 3,78,533. Death toll mounted to 5,450 with 84 more fatalities in last 24-hour. The number of active cases stands at 59,397.
Here are some of the more highlights related to Covid-19:
The World Health Organization on Friday warned Friday coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million if infection-fighting measures are not kept up.
The government-run KEM Hospital on Saturday will foresee Oxford University’s Covishield vaccine trials for covid-19 on three persons, said hospital Dean Dr Hemant Deshmukh.
A single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s potential COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the covid-19 infection n an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim results published on Friday.
A Chinese health official said Friday that the country’s annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year.
More than one crore passengers have flown on 1.08 lakh domestic flights since their resumption in India on May 25, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
The Tripura government on Friday informed that schools in the state will reopen from October 5 for the students of classes 11 and 12.
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 32.4 million, while the deaths recorded to exceeded 987,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 32,471,119 and the fatalities rose to 987,593, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
