Covid-19 Factoid: Now, Punjab witnesses a fresh spike in new cases

India added over 75,000 new cases on 8th September and recorded the highest-ever recoveries on the same day

The global count of coronavirus cases is now at 27.6 million, of which more than 7 million are currently active. There have been almost 900,000 deaths due to the virus globally, while over 19.7 million people have successfully recovered from the infection. The US and India together account for almost half of all active cases in the world.

India’s reported cases have now crossed 4.28 million, rising by at least 80,000 each day now. Almost 21 per cent or 883,697 cases are currently active. India’s recovery is still at 77.65 per cent, with over 3.3 million successful recoveries.

Here are some statistics