India’s COVID-19 tally crossed 5 million on Wednesday morning with a spike of 90,123 new cases and 1,290 deaths in last 24 hours.
The total case tally stands at 5,020,360 including 995,933 active cases, 3,942,361 cured/discharged/migrated and 82,066 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported.
India has recorded the most number of cases in the last 11 days compared to all other countries and stands as the second-worst affected country of the world with nearly 5.02 million cases. The United States with 6.59 million cases is the worst affected.
India saw a gradual increment of cases in the beginning with 1 million cases in nearly 160 days. But, thenext million came within 21 days and the difference has been shortening since then with India reporting four million cases within 29 days.
A total of 59,429,115 samples have been tested till September. Experts believe these tests are not enough with the current scenario, and the ICMR needs to step up the testing speed to reach locals from all areas, including rural areas.
Maharashtra reported 20,482 new cases and the national capital New Delhi reported 4,263 new cases. The country is in its unlock phase 4.
