Covid cases rise unabated in India: 52,000+ cases recorded within 24 hrs - The Daily Guardian https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/covid-cases-rise-unabated-in-india-52000-cases-recorded-within-24-hrs/ https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/covid-cases-rise-unabated-in-india-52000-cases-recorded-within-24-hrs/ August 3, 2020, 11:47 am India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 18 lakh mark with 52,972 positive cases and 771 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total COVID-19 cases stand at 18,03,696 including 5,79,357 active cases, 11,86,203 cured/discharged/migrated and 38,135 deaths,” said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.

As per the data provided by the Health Ministry, Maharashtra — the worst affected state from the infection — has a total of 1,48,843 active cases and 15,576 deaths. A total of 4,41,228 coronavirus cases have been recorded in the state up to Sunday.

Tamil Nadu has reported a total of 56,998 active cases and 4,132 deaths. While Delhi has recorded 10,356 active cases, 1,23,317 recovered/discharged/migrated cases and 4,004 deaths.

The COVID-19 samples tested across the country has crossed the 2 crore mark till August 2.

The total number of COVID-19 samples tested up to August 2 is 2,02,02,858 including 3,81,027 tests that were conducted yesterday, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday.

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