India coronavirus cases: Around 33,000 patients have died due to the highly infectious illness.
India recorded 47,703 fresh coronavirus infections and 654 deaths linked to the highly contagious illness in the last 24 hours, which takes the country's tally to 14,83,156 cases, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. A total of 9,52,743 patients in the country have recovered so far and 33,425 have died since the beginning of the pandemic, government data shows. Today's spike in cases comes a day after India crossed 14 lakh cases; it reported a record jump of around 50,000 new patients in the previous 24 hours. The pandemic is "still accelerating", the World Health Organization has said.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India is in a "better position than other countries" regarding the coronavirus outbreak as he launched the "high throughput" COVID-19 testing facilities in Noida, Mumbai and Kolkata. "We want to save each and every Indian," he said during the launch.
"The recovery rate is better than most countries and already getting better. The world is praising us because of the efforts of the foot soldiers. We don't lack awareness," the Prime Minister said on Monday. The recovery rate this morning stood at 64.23 per cent.
Five sites across the country are ready for the third and final phase of human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Secretary of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Renu Swarup said on Monday, news agency PTI reported. On July 20, scientists announced that the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University appears safe.
Reports say India has the world's fastest growth rate. The country has been reporting nearly 50,000 fresh infections everyday over the past few days. It took the country 179 days to cross 14 lakh cases. India had crossed the 1 lakh-mark on May 19.
The country tested a record 5,28,082 samples on Monday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to nearly 1.73 crore. The positivity rate - percentage of patients who have tested positive for coronavirus - stood at 9.03 per cent this morning.
US pharma firms Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc have launched two 30,000-subject trials of COVID-19 vaccines that could clear the way for regulatory approval and widespread use by the end of this year, the companies said on Monday.
Maharashtra (7,924), Tamil Nadu (6,993), Andhra Pradesh (6,051), Karnataka (5,324) and Uttar Pradesh (3,505) are the five states that recorded the highest number of new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the government data. With 3,83,723 cases, Maharashtra has logged the highest number of cases so far in India, followed by Tamil Nadu (2.2 lakh), Delhi (1.31 lakh), Andhra Pradesh (1.02 lakh), Karnataka ( 1.01 lakh) and UP (70,000 cases)
The five states that reported the highest number of Covid-linked deaths in the last 24 hours are: Maharashtra (227), Tamil Nadu (77), Andhra Pradesh (75), Karnataka (49) and West Bengal (35).
Delhi on Monday recorded a recovery rate of 88 per cent and the lowest daily increase in fresh infections in two months. The national capital's Covid model is being discussed "across the country and the world", Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, adding that "the coronavirus situation has improved" since June when Delhi had climbed to the second spot on the list of worst-hit states by the pandemic.
Almost 16 million cases have been reported to WHO, and more than 6,40,000 deaths have taken place as the pandemic continues to accelerate, the World Health Organization said. In the past six weeks, cases have doubles, it added.
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