In the last 24 hours, India has reported more than 85,000 new Coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases in the country past the 59 lakh mark.
According to data shown by the Health Ministry of India, over 1,000 deaths were also recorded in the past 24 hours, pushing the total number of deaths recorded since the pandemic began past 93,000.
The number of recoveries reported in the past 24 hours is around 93,000 as well, taking the total number of people who have fought off the virus past 48 lakh.
Around 13.4 lakh COVID tests were also conducted in the past 24 hours. India is the second worst-affected country by the COVID pandemic, second only to the United States in the total number of active cases.
In the meantime, the coronavirus lockdown has caused malnutrition to increase by two per cent among children in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. According to the state’s Women and Child Development Department, severe and moderate acute malnutrition cases went up from 2,399 in April to 2,459 in June in Palghar district, an increase of 2.5 per cent.
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