With 86,052 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24-hour, India’s total case count has reached over 58 lakh. The death toll from the virus has reached 92,290 with 1,121 new fatalities, as per the latest update from health ministry.
The total case tally stands at 58,18,571 including 9,70,116 active cases, 47,56,165 cured/discharged/migrated & 92,290 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
More than 13.80 lakh tests done in the last 24 hours: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
75% of new Covid cases in the country are concentrated in 10 States/UTs: Health ministry
India’s recovery rate has further improved to 81.74 per cent as on September 25, keeping a steady improvement since the outbreak.
Here’re some of the more updates related to the coronavirus disease across the country
- Congress MLA B Narayan Rao died of coronavirus on Thursday at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He is the eight lawmaker of the country to succumb to the virus.
- Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai has said that city is not suffering from the second wave of coronavirus. He said that more testing in has resulted into increased number of covid-19 cases
- West Bengal Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari has tested Covid-19 Positive on Thursday, officials said.
- Director General (Prisons), Tihar, Sandeep Goel has tested positive for Covid-19: Tihar Jail officials, Delhi
- At UNGA, China, the United States and Russia clashed over responsibility of pandemic acorss the world.
- A Chinese pharma giant said that its coronavirus vaccine candidate should be ready by early 2021 for worldwide distribution.
- 4,568 personnel of Assam Police have tested positive for Covid-19 till date. Of them, 4,367 have recovered. 3,549 personnel have rejoined duties. Twenty police personnel succumbed to the disease: Assam Additional DGP (Law & Order) GP Singh.
- This year, Durga Puja Pandal will not be organised in the backdrop of covid-19 pandemic, CM Mamta Banerjee informed on Thursday.
Meanwhile, he overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 32.1 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 981,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 32,135,220 and the casualties count reached to 981,754, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.
