NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (NNN-UNI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 4,846,427, and the death toll surged to 79,722, as 92,071 new cases and 1,136 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, revealed the latest data released by the health ministry today.
Still, there are 986,598 cases across the country, while 3,780,107 people were successfully cured and discharged from hospitals.
A total of 57,239,428 sample tests had been done till Sunday, out of which 978,500 tests were conducted on Sunday alone, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
India emerged as the worst hit country globally, in terms of new COVID-19 cases discovered every day. Over the past one week the average number of daily infections has been over 90,000.
This average was around 24,000 two months ago, and 58,000 a month ago. India’s new cases detected per day are more than double the daily average of the U.S. and Brazil, the other two worst affected countries.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Parliament began its monsoon session today, with strict arrangements in place for maintaining social distancing.
Timings of sittings of both the Houses – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, have been changed and media persons’ entry restricted too.– NNN-UNI
