Despite higher recoveries from Covid-infection in the past few days with as many as 74,000 cases on Wednesday itself, deaths due to the deadly pathogen have been more than 1,000 for eight straight days. This is ahead of the US which added 801 deaths, and Brazil which reported 797 deaths on an average in the last one week. India reported 1,115 deaths linked to the virus, taking the total number of fatalities to 73,890.
The country has registered 89,706 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking tally past the 43-lakh mark, as per the Union Health Ministry data.
Rising number of cases in the Northeastern States too are becoming a matter of concern for the Government. In view of the worsening Covid-19 situation in Tripura, a two-member Central experts’ team has been rushed to the northeastern State on a 10-day visit to take stock of the situation and suggest measures to curb the spread of the virus.
Till Tuesday night, Tripura reported 16,157 Covid-19 cases, of which 9,653 persons have recovered while 160 people have succumbed to the dreaded disease since June 9, when the first death was reported.
Tripura’s mortality and recovery rates are 0.99 per cent and 59.83 per cent, respectively, worst among the eight northeastern states.
The team members are Daisy Panna, Consultant Epidemiologist, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and PK Verma, Assistant Professor, Respiratory Medicine, Lady Hardinge Memorial College (LHMC).
The number of cases in the country now stand at 43,70,128. In the 24-hour period, India, which is now the second worst-hit country.
About 33 lakh patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 77.32 per cent, said a senior official from the Ministry.
On the day when India has registered the highest single day recoveries of nearly 75,000, it continues to set a record in testing too. More than 11.5 lakh COVID samples have been tested in the last 24 hours.
The daily testing capacity has already crossed 11 lakh. With 11,54,549 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, India has further strengthened the national diagnostic capacity, said the official.