Covid-19 Factoid: Odisha sees spike in cases; Gujarat has highest death rate

Maharashtra, Delhi, and Gujarat have a death rate higher than the national average of 3.2 per cent.

The global count of coronavirus cases has now breached the 9-million mark, of more than one third are just in two countries: the US and Brazil. Globally, 471,176 people have lost their lives in the pandemic, while 4,855,150 people have managed to recover. Among closed cases, one out of every ten cases globally have resulted in a fatality. 

In India, there are now over 400,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Of this number, 174,387 cases are still active, while 13,699 people have succumbed. More than 55 per cent of all confirmed cases have made successful recovery in the country. 

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