COVID-19: Pandemic has killed at least 473,475 people worldwide (Representational)
Delhi on Wednesday recorded 3,788 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally in the city over the 70,000-mark and the death count due to the disease to 2,365.
With this, the national capital has replaced Mumbai to become the worst-hit city in the country, news agency PTI reported. Mumbai's COVID-19 tally on Wednesday stood at 69,625.
India has so far recorded 4,56,183 lakh cases, which includes 14,476 deaths.
The pandemic has killed at least 473,475 people worldwide since it emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP tally.
The United States has the most deaths at 120,913 followed by Brazil with 51,271, Britain with 42,927, Italy with 34,675 and France with 29,720.
Here are the updates on Coronavirus Outbreak:
Amid spike in coronavirus cases across the country, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has become the first major institute to scrap all face-to-face lectures for the rest of the year "so that there is no compromise on the safety and well-being of the students". In a Facebook Post last night, IIT Bombay Director Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri said the decision was made "after a long deliberation".
"For IIT Bombay, students are the first priority. We took the first step in India in concretely deciding how we must bring a closure to the current semester to help our students," Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri wrote in the post.
"But given the current condition of the pandemic, how do we plan for the next semester for our students? Again, after a long deliberation in the Senate, we have decided today that the next semester will be run purely in the online mode so that there is no compromise on the safety and well-being of the students," he further said. Read More
Cured: 2,71,697
Total deaths so far: 14,894
Cases In Last 24 Hours: 16,922
Deaths In 24 Hours:418
Recovery rate: 57.42 %
A group of Indian-American doctors from New Delhi have launched a food drive for the people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in US.
The Greater Washington Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and leading Maryland gurdwara -- Guru Nanak Foundation of America -- held their first food drive over the weekend serving more than 350 families affected by COVID-19 pandemic.
The Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington DC continue to show significant impact of coronavirus.
