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New Delhi: With 19,906 new positive cases of coronavirus and 410 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of Covid-19 patients in India has mounted to 5,28,859, while the death toll rose to 16,095, as per the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday morning.
Of the total cases, 3,09,712have been successfully treated while one case has been migrated from the country. There are 2,03,051active cases of Covid-19 in India.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today informed that the total number of samples tested up to June 27 is 82,27,802 of which 2,31,095 samples were tested on Saturday.
Maharashtra continues to be the worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak in the country with Covid-19 tally crossing 1.59 lakh. The total number of positive cases in the state has climbed to 1,59,133 and 7,273 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Delhi has become the second-worst hit in the country with 80,188 Covid-19 cases and 2,558 deaths. Tamil Nadu is placed at the third spot having reported 78,335 confirmed cases and 1,025 deaths, followed by Gujarat (30,709 cases, 1,789 deaths), Uttar Pradesh (21,549 cases, 649 deaths), and Rajasthan (16,944 cases, 391 deaths).
India’s Covid-19 fight people-driven: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India’s fight against the coronavirus infection is driven by its people and attributed the “success” against the pandemic to the implementation of the nationwide lockdown in its initial phase.
The Covid-19 outbreak had been used as an opportunity to work towards making the country self-reliant, PM Modi said while addressing a virtual meeting of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) on Saturday.
“As against the death rate of 350 individuals per million in the US and over 600 per million in European nations like the UK, Italy and Spain, the rate of fatalities in India is less than 12,” he said.
