India has reported over 2,500 cases for two consecutive days amid national lockdown alarming the governments across the country.
New Delhi| The total cases in India surged to 42,533 including 11,706 cured/discharged/migrated and 1,373 deaths amid lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.
In the past 24 hours, 72 casualties were recorded.
A staggering 2,644 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the last 24 hours.
The total number of cases in Maharashtra– the worst affected state by the virus, has climbed to 12,974 with 521 deaths.
Mumbai figures also jumped past 8,000-mark.
Follows Gujarat with 5,428 cases of highly infectious coronavirus, second highest in the country.
Delhi witnessed the sharpest hike in fresh cases as 427 novel coronavirus cases were recorded on Sunday.
Across the country, as 11,706 patients have cured so far the recovery rate stood at 25%.
A total of 280 government laboratories in the country is conducting tests for the novel coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research has said. ICMR also issued a list of 90 private labs which will conduct the testing.
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Globally, the total number of COVID-19 cases topped 3,500,000 while the death toll crossed 247,000, as per the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has entered into a grim situation as it recorded its one-millionth case of COVID-19, about one-third of the entire world’s caseload, as per Johns Hopkins University data.
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