India is emerging as the biggest Covid-19 hotspot in the world in August. The country has so far recorded the most number of fre...
India is emerging as the biggest Covid-19 hotspot in the world in August. The country has so far recorded the most number of fresh cases this month, slightly more than the US and substantially higher than infections reported in Brazil. India has the world’s third highest death toll from the virus in the first six days of August .
The pandemic continued to surge on Friday, with fresh infections in the. As per the data collated from the state governments country crossing 60,000 for the second straight day and fatalities shooting up to 926, the highest single-day toll so far .
According to worldometers.info -India reported 3,28,903 new Coronavirus cases in the first six days of August. The corresponding figure in the US was 3,26,111 and in Brazil 2,51,264.
India’s daily cases have been the highest in the world on four of the six days of this month — August 2, 3, 5 and 6. India’s caseload crossed the 2 million (20 lakh) mark on Thursday, with the fastest rise in cases from 1 million 2 million among the three countries that have reached the grim milestone so far. India’s infection growth rate of
3.1% was also higher than the US and Brazil at the 2 million stage .
3.1% was also higher than the US and Brazil at the 2 million stage .
In deaths, however, Brazil and the US have both registered more than 6,000 fatalities so far in August while India’s count is 5,075.
On Friday, Maharashtra
and Andhra Pradesh continued to register above 10,000 fresh infections. At least five states reported their highest single-day spike in cases — Bihar (3,646 new cases), Telangana (2,207), Odisha (1,833), Punjab .
and Andhra Pradesh continued to register above 10,000 fresh infections. At least five states reported their highest single-day spike in cases — Bihar (3,646 new cases), Telangana (2,207), Odisha (1,833), Punjab .
For the third day in a row, Maharashtra added over 10,000 cases and reported over 300 Covid-19 deaths on Friday. The state added 10,483 new Covid-19 cases and reported 300 deaths, taking the total cases to 4,90,262, very close to the 5-lakh mark while the total fatalities were at 17,092, breaching the 17,000-mark. Mumbai's share in the state's daily addition was 8.2% on Friday as for the second consecutive day the city reported below 1,000 cases at 862. Friday’s addition is the
lowest in the last 10 days, underlining the city’s “stable” Covid curve.
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