Coronavirus LIVE: Highest single-day spike of 4,586 Covid-19 cases in UP
Coronavirus latest news: India recorded over 450,000 cases in 9 days. US tally has surged to 4,973,317 and Brazil 2,862,761. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates
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Last Updated at August 6, 2020 18:35 IST
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Coronavirus update: India has been recording over 50,000 cases daily since July 28. On Wednesday, the country saw single-day spike of 56,282, thereby taking the total number of cases to 1,967,700. Death toll has surged past the 40,000 mark. Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (4,68,265), Tamil Nadu (273,000), Andhra Pradesh (1,76,333), Karnataka (150,000) and Delhi (141,531). Meanwhile, recoveries have mounted to 12,82,215, according to the Union health ministry data.
The Central Government on Thursday released Rs 890.32 crore as the second instalment of the Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 states and union territories.
Coronavirus world update: Worldometer recorded 262,560 new cases worldwide in the past 24 hours. As many as 19,011,064 people around the world have been diagnosed with Covid-19. While more than 12,197,610 have recovered, 711,948 have died so far.
Testing for coronavirus is dropping in the US even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a worrisome trend that officials attribute largely to Americans getting discouraged over having to wait for hours to get a test and days or weeks to find out the results.
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