India registered another biggest single-day rise in the last 24 hours.
Since May 28, 2020, the country registered 7,466 cases, pushing the overall Covid-19 positive cases number to 1,67,442.
This is the record jump for the country in a single day.
With 175 new deaths, the country’s death toll reached 4,797.
Now, the number of active cases stands at 91,265, and 71,369 people have recovered.
Source: covid19india.org
According to Worldometer, India is now the ninth worst-affected nation, globally, replacing Turkey in that position.
“Thus, around 42.89 percent of patients have recovered so far,” the Health Ministry said.
Maharashtra is at the top with 1,982 deaths, followed by:
- Maharashtra -1,982
- Gujarat – 960
- MP – 320
- Delhi – 316
- West Bengal – 295
- UP – 197
- Rajasthan – 180
- Tamil Nadu – 145
- Telangana – 67
- Andhra Pradesh – 59
- Karnataka – 47
- Punjab – 40
- J&K – 27
- Haryana – 19
- Bihar – 15
- Odisha and Kerala – 7
- Himachal Pradesh – 5
- Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh and Assam – 4
- Meghalaya – 1
Meanwhile, the positive cases in Maharashtra are closer to the 60,000 mark.
The Health Ministry says that 70 percent of the deaths are because of morbidities.
Meanwhile, with the current lockdown phase ending in two days, Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly met the PM Modi to discuss the possibility of extending the lockdown beyond May 31, 2020.
In another update, the Supreme Court ordered the Indian Railways to allow special ‘Shramik’ trains, if requested by the state governments, for easy movement of migrant workers.
The Court said migrants shouldn’t be asked to pay fares and should be provided food and water at no cost.
The apex court’s decision came as a relief to the ongoing conflict between the Centre and a few state governments over the migrants’ movement.
US Touches 1 Lakh Deaths
The number of Covid-19 death cases has crossed 1 lakh mark, with positive cases at more than 17 lakhs.
“If all the cards fall into the right place and all the stars are aligned, you definitely could get a vaccine by December or January,” says Anthony Fauci, Director of the US’ National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
