India Registers Highest Single Day Spike Of Over 96K Covid Cases, Total Tally Crosses 45 Lakh Mark

The nationwide serosurvey conducted by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that 65 lakh people were already infected by Covid 19 till May.

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Coronavirus in India: With the highest single-day spike of 96,551 cases India's total coronavirus tally has surged past the 4.5-million mark to 4,562,414. With the latest addition, the country has recorded 625,876 cases in seven days alone. The country also recorded the highest deaths in a day with 1,2019 fatalities, taking the overall toll to 76,271. This was the second day in a row that a record spike was recorded in both cases and deaths. Also Read|64 Lakh Indians Might Have Been Infected With Covid 19 By May Itself: ICMR National Serosurvey Report The coronavirus count includes 9,43,480 active cases, 35,42,664 cured, discharged, and migrated patients, according to the Union Health Ministry. India had registered 95,735 coronavirus cases in 24 hours and 1,172 fatalities on Thursday. On Thursday, The national capital's tally has topped the 200,000 mark. Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected state in the country by the infection. The State has so far reported 2,53,100 active cases, 6,86,462 cured and discharged patients, and 27,787 deaths. Andhra Pradesh with 97,271 active cases is also severely affected by COVID-19. So far, 4,25,607 patients have been cured in the state while 4,634 deaths have been reported due to the disease. The national capital, Delhi, has recorded 23,773 active cases, 1,72,763 cured patients, and 4,638 deaths due to the infection. Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that 11,63,542 samples were tested for COVID-19 on September 10 taking the total number of tests conducted for the disease to 5,40,97,975 in the country.

India had nearly 64 Lakh Covid infections by early May: National serosurvey

The much-awaited findings of the first national serosurvey conducted by the ICMR, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, indicated that 0.73 percent of adults in India were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, amounting to a total of 6.4 million infections by early May.

The survey was conducted from May 11 to June 4 and covered 28,000 individuals whose blood samples were tested for IgG antibodies using the COVID Kavach ELISA kit.

Also, seropositivity was the highest in the age group of 18-45 years (43.3 percent), followed by those between 46-60 years (39.5 percent) and it was the lowest among those aged above 60 (17.2 percent).

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