Jubilee News Desk
With 75,809 fresh cases India’s coronavirus tally reached 42,80,442 says the the Union Health Ministry data Tuesday morning.
The death count has risen to 72,775 with 1,133 fresh fatalities. While 33,23,950 patients have recovered from the infection in the country. India is just behind USA that reported 6,485,575 cases till now. The silver line is India’s recovery rate has reached 77.6%.
Brazil that was on second position in the world is left behind India with 4,147,794 cases. The total number of cases reported in the world till now are 27,489,198.
Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest by the pandemic, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. India is the country with the second-highest coronavirus caseload in the world after the United States.
With nine new COVID-19 cases reported in Mizoram, the total number of coronavirus cases in the State reached 1,123 on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.
Fortunately, the State has not reported any death due to the virus, said the Health Department. There are 391 active cases while 732 patients have been discharged in the state.
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The World Health Organisation is in talks with India about joining the “COVAX” global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday. “India is certainly eligible, like all countries in the world, to be part of the COVAX facility and discussions are ongoing in that regard,” Bruce Aylward told a briefing in Geneva, news agency Reuters reported.