The death toll from COVID-19 in India surpassed the mark of 50,000 on 17 August and another 941 people died from the disease, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The Ministry of the Union updated knowledge in the morning showing a total of 50921 deaths in the country due to infection with the new coronavirus.
India is the fourth country in the world with the highest number of deaths from COVID-19, only the United States (1,70,052), Brazil (1,07,852) and Mexico (56,757), according to Johns Hopkins’ knowledge.University.
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“The United States has killed another 50,000 people in 23 days, Brazil in 95 days and Mexico in 141 days.India took 156 days to succeed at this national figure,” the ministry said on 16 August, when the number of deaths from the new coronavirus Infection in the country achieved only about 50,000 points.
Aggressive testing, comprehensive follow-up and effective remedy through a plethora of measures have also contributed to the existing higher recovery point, he said.
At the same time, the total number of COVID-19 cases reached 26,47,663 and 57,982 more people tested positive on the last day, according to ministry data.Of these, 19, 19,842 COVID-19 patients were cured and discharged.
The active number of COVID-19 instances in India was 6.76,900 that day, according to ministry data.
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