India’s Covid cases pass 88 Lakh with 41,100 fresh cases

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New Delhi, Nov 15, 2020: India’s coronavirus count has touched 88.14 lakh with a jump of 41,100 cases in the last 24 hours, government data shows. 447 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total Covid-related fatality count to 1,29,635.

82,05,728 people in the country have recovered since the outbreak in India in January. The country has been reporting a steady decline in its daily coronavirus infections after reaching a peak of about 90,000 cases a day in September. India has the world’s second-highest coronavirus infection count after the US.

Maharashtra, India’s worst COVID-19-affected state, added 4,237 new cases, with the total number of infected people reaching 17,44,698. Karnataka on Saturday reported 2,154 fresh COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths, taking the infection count and deaths to 8,60,082 and 11,508 respectively, the health department said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah today to follow up on the request for additional beds in the city’s central government-run hospitals amid a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, sources said on Saturday.

From the development of indigenous vaccines to novel point-of-care diagnostics, India has initiated an integrated response to overcome the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Union minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.