Covid-19 Factoid: India now has second-highest number of active cases

August has been a month of many grim records for India, with daily new cases crossing 60,000 several times

The global count of confirmed coronavirus cases has now reached 24.3 million, more than half of which are in just three countries – the US, Brazil, and India. Global recoveries stand at almost 17 million, while fatalities have crossed 830,000.

In India, there now are more than 3.3 million cases, of which 725,991, or 21.9 per cent, are currently active. With 2.5 people overcoming the infection, recovery rate has risen to 76.2 per cent. The mortality rate is still hovering around 1.83 per cent, with over 60,000 deaths.

Here are some data points on the spread of the virus:

1. India reports another