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India became third country in the world to record more than one lakh covid deaths and the death toll reached 100,875 while 79,476 fresh cases took the caseload to 6,473,544 on Saturday.
Data released by the Health Ministry shows India now has 9,44,996 active COVID-19 cases and more than 54 lakh recoveries with 75,628 more people having fought off the disease in the last 24 hours. Health Ministry data shows at least 77% of the active coronavirus cases have been reported from 10 states and union territories, contributing 15% to the caseload.
India added 23 lakh fresh coronavirus cases or 40 per cent of the country’s current COVID-19 tally in the month of September alone, government data shows.
September also saw one-third of the Covid-related deaths reported since the pandemic began. As per data, the country has been reporting more than 1,000 deaths a day for the past month, with the exception of September 28.
States of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal reported the highest deaths in the last 24 hours accounting for 67 per cent of all deaths.
Maharashtra – one of the worst-hit state with 14 lakh cases — accounted for 20 per cent of the new daily cases, followed by Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. These states together accounted for 54.5 per cent of all new cases.
With 54,27,706 Covid recoveries, the country is in the number one position followed by Brazil and the US. The country has a recovery rate of 83.8%, government data shows.
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Some 11.3 lakh teste were done in the last 24 hours with overall 7.78 crore tests having been conducted till now. Globally, more than 3.4 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus, which broke out in China’s Wuhan less than a year ago. At least 10 lakh people have lost their lives to COVID-19.
USA with maximum in the world 7,549,323 cases has recorded 213,524 deaths while Brazil which in on number three position after India has recorded 4882231 cases and 145431 deaths till now. No other country has recorded over one lakh deaths. The closest is the Mexico with 78492 deaths and has recorded 753090 cases till now.
India’s case fatality rate (CFR) – the death to the number of confirmed cases ratio – is 1.56%, which is not only half of the global average (2.98%), but also better than the comparable rates in the US (2.84%) and Brazil (2.99%).
Since September month, daily deaths in India have been surpassing other countries in the world. On an average, 1,065 people have died every day over the past week in the country, against 755 average daily deaths in the US and 713 in Brazil in the same period.
