A day ago, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had appealed to the central government to cancel medical and engineering entrance exams JEE and NEET in view of the COVID-19 situation

India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark in just 16 days. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days

With the fifth straight day of more than 60,000 new cases, India's tally stands at 3.04 million, federal health ministry data showed, behind only the United States and Brazil

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Around 74.3% of patients have been discharged in India so far, and active cases stand at 23.82 per cent; the death tally accounts for 1.89 per cent of the total coronavirus cases

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The global health agency also raised concerns that the pandemic's spread was being driven now by younger people, many of whom were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups

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Coronavirus update: The United States crossed 50,000 deaths in 23 days and Brazil in 95 days. India took 156 days to reach the figure, according to the government.

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Coronavirus update: India has reported over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11 when the country registered 53,601 new instances of the infection. The case fatality rate has declined to 1.92 per cent

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India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7. With 18,62,258 cases discharged the recovery rate rose to 71.91 per cent on Sunday

While 266,301 patients recovered so far, 769 are in critical condition at various hospitals across the country

Higher number of cases per day can be attributed to rise in daily testing by government. Of the total 2.7 crore tests conducted so far, 8.4 lakh COVID-19 tests were conducted on Thursday alone

Coronavirus in India: Maharashtra, which is the most affected stated in terms of coronavirus cases, has total 1,47,820 active cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 90,425 active cases