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India's Covid-19 tally nears 8 million-mark with 43,893 fresh cases in last 24 hours; death toll at 120,010
After registering the lowest single-day spike since July on Tuesday, India's daily Covid-19 tally went up again on Wednesday after 43,893 cases and 508 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The total cases are nearing the eight million mark which include 610,803 active cases, 7,259,509 recoveries and 120,010 deaths.
The total recoveries constitute 90% of the case load whereas total active cases continue to remain below the 700,000-mark.
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Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that the cumulative positivity rate is on a steady decline and at present is at 7.61 per cent, India is now reporting 5,700 cases per million with more than 10 crore test conducted till date. He also added that there is a constant decline in average daily deaths in the last five weeks.
80 new cases push Mizoram's COVID-19 tally to 2,607
Mizoram's Covid-19 tally rose to 2,607 on Wednesday as 80 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Twenty-seven school students, the majority of them staying in hostels, 11 Army jawans, and one Mizoram Armed Police (MAP) personnel are among the new patients, he added, source PTI.
Mainland China reports most new Covid-19 cases in more than two months
Mainland China reported 42 new Covid-19 cases on Oct. 27, the highest daily toll in more than two months due to a rise in infections in the northwestern Xinjiang region, the country's health authority said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.
United States: Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations surge, governors crack down
Nearly half a million people have contracted Covid-19 in the United States over the last seven days, according to a Reuters tally, as new cases and hospitalizations set records in the Midwest. Coronavirus hot spots include Illinois, which reported 31,000 new infections over the past week, and two states expected to be key in the US presidential election on November 3: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, reports Reuters.
India's Covid-19 tally nears 8 million-mark with 43,893 fresh cases in last 24 hours; death toll at 120,010
After registering the lowest single-day spike since July on Tuesday, India's daily Covid-19 tally went up again after 43,893 cases and 508 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The total cases are nearing the eight million mark which include 610,803 active cases, 7,259,509 recoveries and 120,010 deaths.
First published: Oct 28, 2020 09:43 IST