Coronavirus India Updates: Covid-19 Tally In India Nears 10.4 Lakh

Coronavirus infections in India continued to rise a day after becoming the third country in the world to cross one million cases.

Authorities reported nearly 35,000 cases in just 24 hours, taking the total tally to 10,38,716, according to the Health Ministry’s 8 a.m. update on July 18. Of these, more than 6.5 lakh have been cured or discharged, while nearly 3.6 lakh are active cases.

Key Numbers

• Total number of confirmed cases: 10,38,716
• Active cases: 3,58,692
• Cured/discharged/migrated: 6,53,751
• Deaths: 26,273
• New cases in a day: 34,884
• One-day recoveries: 17,994
• One-day deaths: 671

This is the third straight day of over 30,000 fresh cases in the country.

While Delhi and Mumbai account for the highest cases in India, newer hotspots are emerging. Rural areas, where healthcare infrastructure is much weaker, are now seeing a rise in the number of reported infections. The virus spread outside large cites as migrant workers returned.

Karnataka, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana are emerging as the states where the virus is spreading at the fastest pace right now. Even Kerala, which had controlled the outbreak, added 700 cases in its biggest single-day tally on Friday.

Global Update

Globally, cases had crossed 13.9 million leaving over 5,93,000 dead.

New York hospitalizations dropped to a four-month low, as fewer than 1% of residents tested Thursday were positive for coronavirus. Imperial College’s Covid-19 vaccine trial will progress to its next stage, the university said in a statement on its website.

Catalan officials imposed new curbs on movement and gatherings in Barcelona after the business and tourism hub suffered an upsurge in new cases. The European Union is negotiating advance deals for vaccines with companies including Moderna, Sanofi, Johnson & Johnson, BioNtech and CureVac, Reuters reported.

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