With 64531 more people tested positive in one day, the COVID-19 count in India increased to 27,67,273 on 19 August, while recoveries exceeded the 20 lakh mark, pushing the recovery rate to 73.64%, according to the knowledge of the Ministry of Health Union.
The death toll was 52,889 and another 1,092 people succumbed to the disease in 24 hours, updated data at 8 a.m.
The case rate was reduced to 1.91%. There are 6,76,514 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, representing 24.45% of the total number of cases, while the number of recoveries is greater than 20,37,870.
India’s COVID-19 crossed the 20 lakh mark on 7 August.
According to the Indian Medical Research Council (ICMR), a cumulative total of 3,17,42,782 samples were as of August 18, with 8,01,518 samples on 18 August.
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Of the 1,092 new deaths, Maharashtra reported the highest number of deaths with 422 thirteen9 follow-ups in Karnataka, 121 in Tamil Nadu, 88 in Andhra Pradesh, 70 in Uttar Pradesh, 55 in West Bengal, 35 in Punjab, 20 in Gujarat thirteen from Madhya Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, 12 Delhi and Jharkhand and 11 Rajasthan.
Nine deaths were reported in Odisha and Pondicherry, eight in Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, seven in Haryana, six in Assam, Kerala and Uttarakhand, five in Goa, three in Ladakh and Tripura, while the islands of Andmana and Nicobar, Le Sikkim and Manipur recorded one death
Out of a total of 52,889 deaths, Maharashtra reported the peak at 20,687, followed by 6,007 in Tamil Nadu, 4,226 in Delhi, 4,201 in Karnataka, 2,820 in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, 2,585 in Uttar Pradesh, 2,528 in West Bengal and 1,141 in Madhya.Pradesh.
So far, another 898 people have died from COVID-19 in Rajasthan and Punjab, 719 in Telangana, 557 in Haryana, 561 in Jammu and Kashmir, 476 in Bihar, 362 in Odisha, 262 in Jharkhand, 203 in Assam, 175 in Kerala and 164 in Uttarakhand.
Chhattisgarh recorded 158 deaths, Pondicherry 123, Goa 116, Tripura 65, Chandigarh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 30 each, Himachal Pradesh 19, Manipur 18, Ladakh 17, Nagaland eight, Meghalaya six, Arunachal Pradesh five, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Sikkim both.
The Ministry of Health noted that more than 70 agrees with one percent of comorities deaths.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Medical Research Council,” the ministry said, adding that the distribution of figures across the state is a matter of verification and reconciliation.
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