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Covid-19 Factoid: Daily tests in India cross the 1 mn mark for first time

While South Africa manages to flatten the curve, Telangana crosses the 100,000 mark

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A health worker wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) holds a sample test tube for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test, in New Delhi on Friday.

Jyotindra Dubey
The global confirmed case tally is over 23.1 million now, with 6.6 million active cases. The death toll is now above 800,000 worldwide. The US has the highest percentage of active cases among the five worst-affected nations in the world, at over 45 per cent.

In India, there are now over 3 million reported cases, of which 697,330, or 23.3 per cent, are currently active. Recovery rate has risen to 74.6 per cent, with 2.2 million people beating the infection. India has seen 55,794 deaths due to the virus until now, the fourth highest in the world.

Here are some data points

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