India recorded 28,472 recoveries on 22 July, the highest to date, according to the knowledge of the EU Ministry of Health. With this, the total number of recoveries is greater than 7,53,049, the recovery rate to 63.13%.
India added 37,724 new COVID-19 instances on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total to 11,92,915. Currently, there are 411133 active instances of COVID-19.
The number of deaths from the new coronavirus infection has increased to 28732, with another 648 people killed from the disease in the last 24 hours. This is the seventh consecutive day that COVID-19 instances have more than 30,000.
According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,47,24,546 samples was evaluated through July 21 with 3,43,243 samples analysed on Tuesday.
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Of the 648 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 246 are from Maharashtra, 75 from Tamil Nadu, 62 from Andhra Pradesh, 61 from Karnataka, 37 from Uttar Pradesh, 35 from West Bengal, 34 from Gujarat, 27 from Delhi, 18 from Madhya Pradesh, 9 each from Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan.
Telangana reported seven deaths in a row by Odisha with six dead, Chhattisgarh four, Goa three, Jharkhand two while Kerala, Pondicherry, Punjab and Tripura recorded a death.
The Ministry of Health noted that more than 70 constants with the penny of deaths for comorities.
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Maharashtra has reported the highest number of cases at 3,27,031 followed by Tamil Nadu at 1,80,643, Delhi at 1,25,096, Karnataka at 71,069, Andhra Pradesh at 58,668, Uttar Pradesh at 53,288, Gujarat at 50,379 and Telangana at 47,705.
The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 47,030 in West Bengal, 31,373 in Rajasthan, 28,952 in Bihar, 27,462 in Haryana, 25,382 in Assam and 24,095 in Madhya Pradesh. Odisha has reported 18,757 infections, Jammu and Kashmir 15,258, Kerala 13,994, while Punjab has 10,889 cases.
Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally. The top five countries with the most cases are United States, Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa.
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