The global count of confirmed coronavirus cases currently stands at 4.83 million, and death toll at 317,204. A little over 1.87 million people have recovered from the infection so far. For nearly a month and a half now, daily new additions to the global tally have oscillated between 70,000 and 100,000 cases, with no clear indications of a decline.
India now has 96,169 confirmed cases. More than 3,000 have succumbed to the infection in the country, while a little over a third of all confirmed cases have recovered. As it entered the fourth phase of its lockdown, India on May 18