Global COVID-19 tally tops 19 million, US remains worst affected; here is how India fares

Coronavirus pandemic which has taken world host has reached 19 million mark in terms of infections across world with an dition of over 284,000 cases on Saturday. 284,441 new cases were reported to World Health Organisation (WHO) in 24 hours on Saturday, and overall number reached 19,187,943 since beginning of health crisis.

At same time, 6,565 new coronavirus-related fatalities were registered globally over given period, taking overall death toll to 716,075.

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US: worst affected

United States remains worst affected country till date by pandemic with infected cases nearing 5 million mark. At present, COVID-19 case count stands at 4,836,943 in America with 55,318 new cases reported in 24 hours, while death toll stands at 158,606 with dition of 6,565 deaths in 24 hours on Saturday. virus that originated from China's Wuhan reached Europe, reafter making its way to US and causing havoc across country and rest of world. reason for caselo being highest in US is because country has done maximum number of testings till date, detecting maximum number of COVID-19 infections, claims US President Donald Trump.

Brazil, second-worst affected country, is nearing three million mark in terms of infections caselo. country has reported 2,912, 212 cases as on Saturday with 53,139 new cases and cumulative death toll of 98493 as 1,237 deaths were reported in 24 hours on Saturday.

India's COVID-19 situation

India comes third in list of total COVID-19 infections in world with over 2 million cases and India is reporting maximum number of single-day spike with 61,537 cases in 24 hours on Saturday. One of reasons for such a heavy spike is India is conducting aggressive COVID-19 testings across country and is second to US in total COVID-19 tests conducted. Total 2,33,87,171 samples have been tests with dition of 5,98,778 tests on Saturday.

country's mortality rate and recovery rate is improving by day with less number of fatalities and more number of people getting cured of infection. recovery rate at present has risen to 68.32 percent and mortality rate has reduced to 2.04 percent, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, showing significant strength and improvement in India's response to pandemic. As on Saturday, India's total case tally stands at 20,88,611 of which 14,27,005 cases have been recovered. 

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