NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (NNN-UNI) – The total COVID-19 deaths surpassed 50,000, reaching 50,921, in India on Monday, said federal health ministry.
According to the latest data issued by the ministry, the total COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 2,647,663, after 57,981 new cases were detected in the past 24 hours. As many as 941 deaths took place since Sunday morning.
There are 676,900 active cases across the country, while 1,919,842 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
For about three weeks, more than 50,000 fresh cases have been added every day, to the total COVID-19 tally, after the testing capacity was ramped-up manifold over the weeks.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), as many as 30,041,400 samples were tested till Sunday, with 731,697 tested on Sunday.
Yesterday the country registered the highest single day recoveries, with 57,584 patients getting cured and discharged in the last 24 hours, said a statement, issued by the federal health ministry yesterday evening. India’s COVID-19 recoveries have reached nearly two million, and the recovery rate has surpassed 72 percent.
The capital city Delhi, which was one of the top hot-spots till nearly a month back, made a turnaround both in terms of new cases and number of deaths per day. According to the latest figures, the city recorded only eight deaths as the number of active cases came down by 666 during the past 24 hours.
In his Independence Day speech on Saturday, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said, three anti-COVID-19 vaccines are in different stages of trials, and hopefully they would be made available for the public soon.– NNN-UNI
