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Covid-19 Factoid: India witnessed a drop in new cases for 4 straight days

Cases rising consistently in West Bengal while Peru has the highest density of Covid-19 cases in the ten worst-hit countries in the world

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Student undergoes thermal screening before entering an examination centre to appear for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 entrance papers, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, at Sector 14, in Gurugram on Sunday.

Jyotindra Dubey
The global count of coronavirus cases has crossed 35.4 million, of which nearly 8 million are currently active. The global death toll is now over 1 million, with the US having the greatest number of deaths.

In India, the confirmed case count has crossed 6.6 million, of which roughly 14 per cent or 934,398 cases are currently active. Recovery rate has crossed the 84 per cent, with over 5.5 million people have beaten the infection. The death toll has crossed 100,000.

Here are some insights on the spread of the virus:

India recorded a drop in new cases for four straight days

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