Coronavirus : Nearly 98 Thousand New Patients Found In 24 Hours, Total Cases Exceed 51 Lakh

Last updated Sep 18, 2020

New Delhi : Coronavirus cases are continuously increasing in the country, new cases are coming seen daily in record numbers, due to which there is a continuous increase in the active cases of corona. According to the Union Health Ministry, 97,894 new cases of Coronavirus have been registered across the country from 8 am Wednesday to 8 am Thursday, this is the highest number of cases in a day. With these new cases, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 51,18,254.

India's #COVID19 case tally crosses 51-lakh mark with a spike of 97,894 new cases & 1,132 deaths in last 24 hours.
The total case tally stands at 51,18,254 including 10,09,976 active cases, 40,25,080 cured/discharged/migrated & 83,198 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare pic.twitter.com/s9bfUq9Jjn
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2020

With the speed at which corona patients are recovering in the country, new cases of corona are coming at a faster rate, due to which the number of active cases is continuously increasing. According to the Union Health Ministry, during the last 24 hours, active cases of corona has increased by 14043 and the total corona active cases in the country has crossed 10 lakh. Total number of active cases are 10,09,976.

With the increasing cases of coronavirus, the number of people who lost their lives due to corona in the country is also increasing continuously. According to data from the Union Health Ministry, 1132 people lost their lives due to corona across the country in 24 hours. Coronavirus has so far caused 83198 deaths in the country. Every day more than 1100 people across the country are losing their lives due to this.

Some relief between the deaths due to corona and the ever increasing cases is that the number of people recovering from this deadly virus is also increasing but people are not recovering at the speed with which new cases are coming. During the last 24 hours, 82719 people across the country have recovered from Corona. A total of 40,25,080 people have been cured of corona so far and the recovery rate of coronavirus in the country is 78.64 percent.

6,05,65,728 samples tested up to 16th September for #COVID19. Of these, 11,36,613 samples tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2020

Testing is being continuously carried out across the country to identify corona patients, more than 11.36 lakh corona tests have been conducted across the country on Wednesday and the total coronavirus testing has now crossed 6.05 crore. India is having the most corona tests worldwide after the US.