Srinagar: In last 24 hours, India has reported a spike of 90,632 coronavirus infections, thus taking its tally past the 41-lakh mark, as it closes in on Brazil as the world’s second-most affected nation from the virus.
With 41,13,811 cases, India is now just 9,000 cases behind Brazil, which has reported 41,23,000 confirmed cases.
India, which is Asia’s worst-hit country, reported 1,065 deaths linked to the virus in the 24-hour period, taking the total number of fatalities to 70,626.
According t the Health Ministry of India, about 31 lakh patients have recovered from the infection in the country, pushing the recovery rate to 77.32 per cent.
Globally, COVID has claimed more than 870,000 lives and infected more than 2.6 crore since it was discovered in China late last year.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation has said that it does not expect widespread vaccinations against COVID until the middle of next year.
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