India Is Now 4th Worst COVID-19 Hit Nation With 2.90 Lakh Cases

On the 11th of June, India became the 4th worst COVID-19 affected nation with  a total of 2.90 lakh cases of the Novel Coronavirus.

After a spike of approximately 10,000 cases in a day, India left behind the United Kingdom (U.K.,) which was previously the 4th worst hit nation.

In the past few days, India’s everyday spike in Coronavirus cases touched 10,000, taking the total infection till the 12th of June to 2,97,711.

Despite such increasing numbers, the Government of India (GoI) said India is yet to enter community transmission, the 3rd stage of the spread of the Novel Coronavirus.

The Central Government said the nationwide lockdown imposed on the 24th of March for the first time, prevented the community transmission to happen in India.

Despite such a drastic rise in numbers and terrible situation due to the Novel Coronavirus, India has made some positive changes, as for the first time in the past 2 months, the number of recoveries exceeded the number of active cases.

As of now, India has 1,42,221 active cases and 1,46,973 recoveries/ discharged cases.

The number of fatalities due to the Novel Coronavirus reached 8,502.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra is still the worst affected due to the Novel Coronavirus with  a total of 97,648 cases of the infection.  After Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi are also witnessing highest one day spikes in cases and stand at 38,716 and 34,687 respectively.

Other states which are showing daily increase in cases are: Gujarat (22,067,) Uttar Pradesh  (12,008,) Rajasthan 11,838,) Madhya Pradesh (10,241,) West Bengal (9,768,) Karnataka (6,425,) Bihar (5,948,) Andhra Pradesh (5,429) and Telangana (4,320.)

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