India has reported over 60,000 Covid-19 cases, 61,537 to be precise, for the second day in a row. As many as 62,538 fresh infections were reported the previous day. With 933 fatalities in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 42,518. India’s Covid-19 tally crossed the 2 million-mark earlier in the week with 619,088 active cases while 14,27,005 patients have beaten the deadly contagion.
India is the third worst-hit country in the world after the United States and Brazil. The virus has infected more than 19 million people worldwide while over 7 lakh have died from the disease across the globe.
The government has maintained that the coronavirus situation across the country is on a road to recovery with more and more people recovering from the virus. India’s covid-19 death rate, slightly over 2 percent, is among the lowest in the world. While the recovery rate nears 70 percent.
South Indian states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are registering a sharp rise in their covid-19 tally. Andhra Pradesh nears the 60,000-mark while Karnataka has over 70,000 coronavirus patients. Overtaking Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh sits at the fifth spot on Covid-19 national tally.
Data from ministry of health
