More than 50,000 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours for 1st time, 10 lakh recoveries
India reported the highest single-day spike of 52,123 coronavirus cases and 775 deaths in the last 24 hours, as of Thursday morning. A total of 32,533 COVID patients in India were declared cured and recovered in the last 24 hours.
The total number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 15,83,792 out of which 5,28,242 are active cases, 10,20,582 have been cured and discharged while 34,968 patients died due to the pandemic, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
Likewise, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated the total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to July 29 is 1,81,90,382 out of which 4,46,642 samples were tested on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct the International symposium on novel ideas in science and ethics of vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic on July 30. The symposium will have leading medical experts and scientists as speakers.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on Wednesday stated that the total number of recovered cases fast approaching 1 million. The recovery rate reaches another high of 64.51 percent amongst COVID-19 patients. The recoveries/deaths ratio is 96.6%: 2.23% now, it said on Wednesday.
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-PTC News
