NEW DELHI: One hundred and nine days after the first person tested positive for Covid-19 in India, the country’s case count crossed the 1-lakh mark on Monday, with the number of infections having doubled in just a little over 12 days.
Both the spread of the virus and the spurt in cases in recent days will be a cause for concern for the authorities. On Monday, 4,713 fresh infections were reported from across the country, the third highest in a single day so far, led again by Maharashtra, which reported more than 2,000 cases (2,033 to be exact) for the second day running. As many as 24 states/UTs reported new cases during the day.
On the positive side, the number of people recovering from the infection is steadily rising. It was 38,908 on Monday, with the recovery rate at 38.8%. With 3,103 fatalities from the virus so far, India’s death rate too is relatively low at 3.1%.
India's coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 100,000-mark, according to the the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Of the total 101,139 cases reported so far, 39,174 have been treated successfully while 3,163 died due to the infection, leaving behind 58,802 active cases.
One lakh people were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours for the first time, Union Health Ministry has said, adding that more than 24 lakh coronavirus tests have been conducted so far. India has 7.1 coronavirus cases per one lakh people so far as against 60 globally, the government said on Monday.
Both the spread of the virus and the spurt in cases in recent days will be a cause for concern for the authorities. On Monday, 4,713 fresh infections were reported from across the country, the third highest in a single day so far, led again by Maharashtra, which reported more than 2,000 cases (2,033 to be exact) for the second day running. As many as 24 states/UTs reported new cases during the day.
On the positive side, the number of people recovering from the infection is steadily rising. It was 38,908 on Monday, with the recovery rate at 38.8%. With 3,103 fatalities from the virus so far, India’s death rate too is relatively low at 3.1%.
India's coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 100,000-mark, according to the the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Of the total 101,139 cases reported so far, 39,174 have been treated successfully while 3,163 died due to the infection, leaving behind 58,802 active cases.
One lakh people were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours for the first time, Union Health Ministry has said, adding that more than 24 lakh coronavirus tests have been conducted so far. India has 7.1 coronavirus cases per one lakh people so far as against 60 globally, the government said on Monday.
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