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96,424 New Covid Cases, 1,174 Deaths In India; Total Cases Cross 52 Lakh

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday September 18, 2020

India added 96,424 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking its tally past the 52-lakh mark, the Health Ministry data this morning showed. The number of cases in the country now stand at 52,14,678 including 10,17,754 active cases. In the 24-hour period, India, which is the second worst-hit country, reported 1,174 deaths linked to the virus, takin...

Record 97,894 New Covid Cases In India, Active Cases Cross 1 Million

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Arun Nair | Thursday September 17, 2020

India reported a record daily jump of 97,894 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking its tally past the 51-lakh mark, the Health Ministry data this morning showed. With 51,18,253 infections, India is the world's second-worst affected country, and trails only the United States, which has a caseload of around 66 lakh. For the first time, the numbe...

India's Coronavirus Cases Cross 50 Lakh; 1,290 Deaths, Highest In A Day

India News | Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday September 16, 2020

With a positivity rate of 8.06 per cent, India reported 90,123 new cases taking its COVID-19 case tally past the 50-lakh mark. The country also reported 1,290 deaths in the last 24 hours - the highest in a day, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of people who have died of the disease now stands at 82,066 with a case fatality rate of 1.63 pe...

95,735 COVID-19 Cases, 1,172 Deaths In Biggest One-Day Rise In India

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Stela Dey | Thursday September 10, 2020

India registered a record 95,735 coronavirus cases in 24 hours taking the total number of infections to over 44.65 lakh, government data showed today. The country also recorded the highest deaths in a day with 1,172 fatalities. The last recorded highest spike was on Tuesday when India registered 90,802 cases. The highest deaths were recorded a day ...

90,632 Coronavirus Cases In Biggest One-Day Rise In India

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday September 6, 2020

India reported a record daily jump of 90,632 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking its tally past the 41-lakh mark, as it closes in on Brazil as the world's second-most affected nation from the virus. With 41,13,811 cases, India is now just 9,000 cases behind Brazil, which has reported 41,23,000 confirmed cases. In the 24-hour period, India, w...

India 3rd Country To Cross 40 Lakh Covid Cases, Sees Record 1-Day Surge

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday September 5, 2020

A record single-day spike of 86,432 cases has pushed India's coronavirus tally past the 40-lakh mark, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. The total number of cases now stand at 40,23,179, which is about 70,000 cases behind Brazil, the world's second worst affected nation after the United States. The South American country, which has...

83,341 Coronavirus Cases In India In 24 Hours, Total Cases Cross 39 Lakh

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Arun Nair | Friday September 4, 2020

A single-day spike of 83,341 cases has pushed India's coronavirus tally past the 39-lakh mark, the Health Ministry data this morning showed. The total number of cases now stand at 39,36,347. The country witnessed 1,096 Covid-related deaths during the period taking the total death count to 68,472. 30,37,151 patients have recovered from the infection...

India Sees Record 83,883 Covid Cases In 24 Hours, Most Number Of Tests

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Arun Nair | Thursday September 3, 2020

A record surge of 83,883 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours took India's Covid tally past 38-lakh mark, just 1.5 lakh behind Brazil, the world's second most affected nation, the Union Health Ministry data this morning showed. In the last 24 hours, 11,72,179 samples were tested, the highest single-day tests so far, taking the total number ...

78,512 Covid Cases In India In 24 Hours, Over 36 Lakh Total Cases

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday August 31, 2020

India reported 78,512 new coronavirus infections on Monday, slightly fewer than the previous day when it posted the biggest, single-day tally of infections of any country in the pandemic. With the record surge, the total cases in the country now stand at 36,21,245, according to the data released by the Union Health Ministry this morning. An additio...

India Passes 35 Lakh Coronavirus Cases, Sees New Global Record: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday August 30, 2020

A record surge of 78,761 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours took India's Covid tally past 35 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. This is the highest single-day jump in Covid infections reported by any country since the beginning of the pandemic. The US set the previous record on July 17 with 77,638 daily cases, according to...

Uttar Pradesh Coronavirus Case Count Rises To 2,19,457: Officials

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday August 29, 2020

Sixty-two more people died of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh pushing the death toll to 3,356, while 5,684 new cases took the state's infection tally to 2,19,457, according to an official statement issued here on Saturday.

India Records Over 75,000 Fresh Coronavirus Cases For 3rd Consecutive Day

India News | Reported by Sharad Sharma, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday August 29, 2020

India's COVID-19 tally has crossed the 34-lakh mark with a spike of 76,472 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Union Health Ministry this morning. An additional 1,021 new deaths brought the overall death count to 62,550, it said. The total number of COVID-19 cases now stand at 34,63,972. The number of new cases in India ...

Over 75,000 COVID-19 Cases In Biggest One-Day Rise In India: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday August 27, 2020

India has reported 75,760 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, marking the biggest daily rise in the country, Union Health Ministry data shows. The fresh cases have pushed the country's coronavirus tally to over 33.1 lakh cases. 25,23,771 patients have recovered from the infection in the country, taking the recovery rate to 76.24 per cent. Maha...

68,898 Coronavirus Cases In India In 24 Hours; Over 29 Lakh Total cases So Far: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Friday August 21, 2020

India's coronavirus tally passed 29 lakh today with a single-day jump of 68,898 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. About 21 lakh COVID-19 patients have recovered so far; the recovery rate stood at 74.30 per cent this morning. The number of deaths linked to coronavirus rose to 54,849 after 983 deaths ...

Maharashtra Reports Over 11,000 New COVID Cases As Death Count Breaches 20,000

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 16, 2020

Maharashtra's coronavirus death count has breached the 20,000-mark today after 288 patients died from the infection in the state, which is the worst-affected by the pandemic in the country, a state health official said.