India, the third country worst hit by COVID-19 pandemic, recorded a spike of 62,064 coronavirus cases on Monday 10th August, pushing the total tally to 2,215,074. The country tested a record over 1,000 deaths in a single day.
The number of
recoveries mounted to over 15 lakh, more than twice the active cases. Out of
the total cases, 6,34,945 are active cases, 1,535,743 have recovered from the
disease while 44,386 people have lost their lives in the fight against the
deadly virus.
Notably, India
recorded the highest number of recoveries in a single day at 54,859. The
recovery rate has gone up to 68.78 per cent.
On Sunday, the
government tested 7,19,364 samples, which dipped to 4,77,023 on Monday. A total
of 2,45,83,558 samples have been tested so far.
Maharashtra
remained the worst-hit state with a total of 5,03,084 cases and 17,367 deaths,
followed by Tamil Nadu with 2,90,906 cases and 4,808 deaths. The southern state
is followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh.
Globally, , the
overall number of coronavirus cases has topped 19.7 million, while the deaths
have increased to over 729,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Monday
morning 10th August, the total number of cases stood at 19,778,566 and the fatalities rose
to 729,692, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)
revealed in its latest update.
The US accounted
for the world's highest number of infections and fatalities at 5,044,435 and
162,919 respectively, according to the CSSE. Brazil came in the second place
with 3,035,422 infections and 101,049 deaths.
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