India’s COVID Tally at 2.86 L; Biggest 1-Day Spike in Maha, Delhi
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India on Thursday, 11 June, reported the highest single-day spike of 9,996 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally in the country to 2,86,579. As many as 357 fatalities in the last 24 hours took the death toll to 8,102. According to the Health Ministry data, there are 1,37,448 active cases across the country, while 1,41,028 patients have been cured or discharged.
Maharashtra on Thursday reported the biggest one-day rise of COVID-19 cases, with 3,607 new infections taking the tally in the state to 97,648. Delhi too reported the highest single-day spike, with 1,877 new infections taking the total number of cases to 34,687.
Meanwhile, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Balram Bhargava, in a press briefing on Thursday, said the country is not in community transmission stage of COVID-19. "India is such a large country and prevalence is very low. India is not in community transmission stage," he was quoted as saying.
- SC has taken suo motu cognisance of reports of improper handling of COVID-19 patients as well as undignified disposal of victims’ bodies
- The recovery rate in India stands at 49.21%, a Health Ministry representative said on Thursday, with the number of patients recovered exceeding the number of active cases
- The ICMR on Thursday pointed out that India’s cases per lakh population (20.77), as well as mortality per lakh population (0.59), were among the lowest in the world
- According to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University, there are over 7.3 million COVID-19 cases globally, with India being the fifth worst-affected country
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“The states cannot lower their guard and need to keep on implementing effective surveillance and containment strategies preventing the spread of COVID19,” the ICMR added.
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