Ten days after recording two lakh infections, India has surpassed the three lakh-mark with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections. India took 64 days to cross the 1 lakh-mark from 100 cases.
Some experts, meanwhile, have come down hard on the
ICMR for its assertion that there was no
community transmission of
COVID-19, saying it was not reflective of the current situation.
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COUNT SO FAR
- AP reports largest single-day spike in cases at 186, tally at 4,588
- UP reports 20 deaths, over 500 new cases
- 225 new cases take Odisha's tally to 3,723
- 39 more test positive in Tripura, total tally 964
- With one more death, fatalities rise to 54 in J&K
- Three more deaths in Rajasthan, tally of fatalities rise to 275
- 3 more test positive in Mizoram, total count 107
- Virus spreads tentacles in MP villages; rural tally at 951
| World |
|
India |
|
| Tally |
Toll |
Tally |
Toll |
| 7,617,591 |
424,587
|
308,993 |
8,884 |
- Schools, colleges in Sikkim to reopen in August
- Maha govt slashes charges for tests by private labs
- Goa govt orders random testing at slums near COVID-19 hospital
- 'Radio classes' helping students in J&K's Doda complete syllabus
- Up to 45% of infections may be asymptomatic, says study
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
AROUND THE WORLD
- Brazil now second in virus deaths, as US states see rising cases
- Russia's infections pass 520,000
- Germany's confirmed cases rise by 348 to 186,022
- Over 6,000 new cases reported in Pakistan, death toll reaches 2,551
- Cases in Singapore cross 40,000
- Beijing shuts food market after 7 new cases
- Indonesia reports 1,014 new cases, 43 deaths
- Italy's active infections drop below 30,000
- Uncertainty as Spain puts virus death toll 'on hold'
- Hundreds protest against Nepal's virus response; 7 foreigners held
- South Korea capital adds more cases
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