Mon 10 August 2020:
Experts have believed that India’s coronavirus peak is yet to come. As per World Health Organization data, India has been recorded more coronavirus cingle-day cases than the United States or Brazil for past four days.
NEW DELHI – India’s recoveries from the novel coronavirus rose to 1,530,070 on Monday, accounting for 69% of its cases.
“The recovery of more than 1.5 million has been made possible because of the policy of testing aggressively, tracking comprehensively and treating efficiently. Better ambulance services, focus on the standard of care and use of non-invasive oxygen have given desired results,” said the Health Ministry.
The government said coronavirus cases remain concentrated in 10 states which contribute to more than 80% of the new cases.
India reported 63,851 fresh cases Monday, taking the tally to 2,214,269, according to the Health Ministry’s data.
The country’s death toll for the first time crossed 1,000 in a single day.
On Sunday, India scaled a new peak in testing, conducting more than 700,000 tests in a single day, said a statement by the government.
On August 7, India breached the psychologically significant mark of 2 million Covid cases, just three weeks after it announced crossing the first million. This is significant in the sense that India’s second million corona cases came faster than the United States and Brazil, the two worst-affected countries due to the pandemic.
“Continuing the streak of more than 600,000 tests in a single day for several days, India’s tests have grown exponentially. 719,364 tests were done in the last 24 hours,” the statement added.
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