India records highest spike in COVID-19 cases as tally cross 90,000 mark
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NEW DELHI : Coronavirus India update: The number of total positive coronavirus cases climbed to 90,927 on Sunday, and the death toll due to Covid-19 infection rose to 2,872, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 cases in 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active Covid-19 cases stood at 53,946, while 34,108 people have recovered from the disease and one patient has migrated.
The last tranche of economic package announcement by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be held at 11 am today.
Earlier on Friday, Sitharaman announced Rs 1 trillion Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm gate infrastructure for farmers and Rs 10,000 crore scheme for the formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises (MFEs) under the Rs 20 trillion stimulus package.
Coronavirus world update: Globally, 4,721,846 people have been infected by coronavirus so far, and the total number of deaths from the disease now stands at 313,260, according to Worldometer.
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Coronavirus LIVE: India's Covid-19 cases reach 90,927
With the sharpest spike of 4,987 in 24 hours, India's total case count of coronavirus surged past 90,000-mark, the Union Health Ministry data revealed on Sunday.
According to the Health Ministry, the total cases reported in India are 90,927 out of which 53,946 are active cases while at least 34,108 people have been cured from the disease.
At least 120 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatality count to 2,872. In Maharashtra, the Covid-19 cases crosses 30,000-mark, to 30,706 followed by Gujarat which has 10,988 and Tamil Nadu which has reported 10,585 cases so far.
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India coronavirus death count rises by 120, record jump of nearly 5,000 new cases
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,872 and the number of total positive cases climbed to 90,927 on Sunday, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 cases in 24 hours, since 8 AM Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 53,946, while 34,108 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. "Thus, around 37.51 per cent patients have recovered so far," a senior health ministry official said. The total confirmed cases include foreign nationals too.
Of the 120 deaths reported since Saturday 8 am, 67 were in Maharashtra, 19 in Gujarat, nine in Uttar Pradesh, seven in West Bengal, six in Delhi, four in Madhya Pradesh, three in Tamil Nadu and two in Haryana and one each from Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan.
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