India, on the 30th of August, recorded a surge of 78,761 fresh Novel Coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.
With this, the total cases of COVID-19 crossed 35 lakhs or 3.5 millions today.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) India has a total of This is the highest single-day jump in Covid infections reported by any country since the beginning of the pandemic. The US set the previous record on July 17 with 77,638 daily cases, according to an AFP tally. In the last 24 hours, 948 deaths linked to the highly contagious disease were registered, taking the total number of fatalities to 63,498. About 27 lakh people have recovered so far; the recovery rate stood at 76.60 %.
India is the third worst COVID-19 hit country by the coronavirus pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil. The country has been recording the highest single-day surge in cases since the 4th of August.
It took India 213 days to cross 35 lakh cases. The country has registered over five lakh cases in the last one week.
In the last 24 hours, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of fresh cases. These five states also recorded the highest number of deaths, according to the Government data.
The Government on the 30th of August announced guidelines for the fourth phase of unlocking, allowing metro services to resume from September 7. Lockdowns can’t be imposed outside containment zones, the states have been told.
Social, political, academic, sports, religious and other functions will be allowed with a limit of 100 people as part of the new rules from September 21. Schools, colleges, swimming pools and indoor theatres will remain closed. This phase, called “Unlock4”, will be in effect till the 30th of September.
India’s positivity rate – an indicator of prevalence of the disease stood at 7.46 % on the 31st of August. The fatality rate stood at 1.79 %.
India, which has a population of about 130 crores, has tested over 4.14 crore samples so far; 10.55 lakh samples have been tested since yesterday.
The country has been recording over 75,000 cases for the last four days; it recorded its last biggest single day jump with 77,266 cases on the 28th of August.
Worldwide, over 25 million cases have been recorded so far; over 8 lakh people have died.
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