Covid-19 Factoid: Numbers offer little hope to worst-hit Maharashtra

State sets new record of over 12,000 cases registered in a single day, it also has the most deaths from the disease.

The global confirmed case count for the coronavirus is currently at 19.8 million, expected to reach the unfortunate milestone of 20-million cases any moment. Over 6 million cases are currently active, with 12 million recoveries. Over 730,000 people have lost their lives in the pandemic across all countries. 

In India, there are now over 2 million confirmed cases. This is a little over 10 per cent of the global tally of confirmed cases. There are now 628,747 active cases in the country, while 1,480,884 people have recovered from the virus. The country’s death toll stands at 43,379. 

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