India to become 2nd most-affected country within next 24 hours, caseload of COVID-19 past 41-lakh mark

India registered the highest single-day spike of 90,633 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the national caseload past 41-lakh mark, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. With 1,065 more deaths in the last 24 hours, the cumulative toll reached 70,626. The total case tally stands at 41,13,812 including 8,62,320 active cases, 31,80,866 cured/discharged/migrated.

Among countries, the United States has registered the most infections with 6,245,203 cases, followed by Brazil with 4,123,000 cases and India rounding up the top three with 4,113,811 cases, as per data from their respective Health officials.

Maharashtra remains the state hit hardest, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. The active cases in Maharashtra have reached 2,21,012.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 10,92,654 samples were tested for the pathogen on September 5, and over 4.88 crore samples have been tested so far.

On Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said that India's Case Fatality Rate has touched 1.73 per cent following a gradient of steady and sustained decline.

Meanwhile, with a record spike in new coronavirus cases in the country, which today became the



world's second most COVID-affected country, the Union health ministry rushed teams to Punjab and Union Territory of Chandigarh, which has seen a surge in cases and fatalities.

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) decided to rush central teams to assist the State/UT in strengthening public health measures for containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of COVID-19 patients with the aim to reduce mortality and save lives.

They shall also guide the State/UT in effectively addressing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up.

The Centre also directed over 35 districts across the country to make full utilisation of RT-PCR testing to curb COVID-19 transmission and bring mortality rate below one percent. These districts include those which are exhibiting a high surge of coronavirus cases, viral caseload, and fatality due to the virus.

As many as 726 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths were reported in Rajasthan till Sunday morning, the State's Health Department said.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the State has gone up to 90,089 pf which 15,577 are active cases. A total of 1,130 people have lost their lives due to the pandemic so far.