India has become the third country in the world to cross 20 lakh coronavirus cases after the United States and Brazil amid constant surge in infections. A huge surge of 61,537 new coronavirus patients today took the tally to 20.88 lakh cases.
This is the fourh consecutive day that India has recorded more cases in a day that the United States or Brazil, which have higher caseload.
The positivity rate – an indicator to assess the prevalence of the disease- 10.28 as compared to yesterday’s 10.88 per cent.
The country reported majority of cases last month. As July began, India had over 6 lakh cases. By the end of the month, the tally had surged to 16 lakh cases.
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