India’s coronavirus count crossed the 5.4 million mark with 86,960 new infections between Sunday and Monday, Union health ministry data showed. With 5,487,850 cases thus far, India continues to be the second worst-hit country after the United States and is ahead of Brazil.
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However, the health ministry on Monday also said that despite being the second worst-affected country, India has the highest number of recovered cases globally, contributing nearly 19% of the total global recoveries. India has thus far recorded nearly 4.4 million recoveries, which gives it a recovery rate of more than 80%. United States and Brazil have the second and third-highest number of recovered cases, respectively. Globally, the number of coronavirus cases is swiftly moving towards 31.5 million, as per worldometers.
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First published: Sep 22, 2020 07:14 IST