With 96,424 new cases, India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 5.2 million

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Sep 18, 2020: The number of active coronavirus cases in India crossed the 1 million mark after a record 97,894 cases were reported between Wednesday and Thursday, the Union health ministry’s dashboard showed. In the process, India’s total tally, too, crossed the 5.1 million mark. India has 1,009,976 active cases of Covid-19 in a caseload of 5,118,253. Number of active cases and deaths, meanwhile, stood at 4,025,079 and 83,198 respectively.

On the global front, the number of coronavirus cases stand at over 30 million, with the United States, India, Brazil, Russia and Peru, in that order, being the five worst-affected countries, worldometers data shows. Colombia’s caseload is the sixth-highest, followed by Mexico’s. South Africa, Spain and Argentina complete the list of ten worst-hit countries.

61,572,343 samples tested up to 17th September for Covid-19. Of these, 10,06,615 samples tested on Thursday: ICMR

"Around 60% of active cases are from the five most-affected states. There are 13 states and union territories that even today have less than 5,000 active cases," says union health ministry.


courtesy:Hindustan Times