Corona Updates You Must Track: India Records More Than 62,000 Cases In 24 Hours, Over 1,000 People Succumb To Disease

Maharashtra with more than 12,000 cases and Andhra Pradesh with over 10,000 cases remain the biggest contributors to India’s coronavirus tally. Russia could register the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine on 12 August

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Maharashtra with more than 12,000 cases and Andhra Pradesh with over 10,000 cases remain the biggest contributors to India’s coronavirus tally. Russia could register the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine on 12 August

India cases and toll: India added 62,064 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 22,15,074, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. India had recorded 64,399 cases of coronavirus the previous day.

India has 6,34,945 active cases of coronavirus while 15,35,743 people have recovered from the illness. In the last 24 hours, 1,007 people have lost their lives to the virus across the country. The country’s COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 44,386. On Sunday, a total of 4,77,023 tests for COVID-19 were conducted across India.

Andhra Pradesh registers record surge: On Sunday, Andhra Pradesh recorded 10,820 cases of coranavirus, a record single-day surge for the southern state. With this, the state’s coronavirus tally has climbed to 2,27,860—in terms of caseload, Andhra Pradesh is the third worst-hit state by the virus, after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

The state has 87,112 active cases of coronavirus while the recoveries stand at 1,38,712. The death toll has moved up to 2,036 with 97 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours. On Sunday, at least 10 COVID-19 patients were killed in a fire that broke out a hotel-turned-COVID facility in Vijayawada city of Andhra Pradesh.  

COVID-19 tracker for 10 August. Source: Twitter/@COVIDNewsByMIB

Maharashtra records 12,000-plus cases again: For a second consecutive day, Maharashtra posted more than 12,000 cases of coronavirus. On Sunday, the western state registered 12,248 cases of coronavirus, taking the over...

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