BOOM

Trending Searches

    SUPPORT
    BOOM

    Trending News

      • Fact Check 
        • Fast Check
        • Politics
        • Business
        • Entertainment
        • Social
        • Sports
        • World
      • Law
      • Explainers
      • News 
        • All News
      • Decode 
        • Impact
        • Scamcheck
        • Life
        • Voices
      • Media Buddhi 
        • Digital Buddhi
        • Senior Citizens
        • Videos
      • Web Stories
      • BOOM Research
      • BOOM Labs
      • Deepfake Tracker
      • Videos 
        • Facts Neeti
      • Home-icon
        Home
      • About Us-icon
        About Us
      • Authors-icon
        Authors
      • Team-icon
        Team
      • Careers-icon
        Careers
      • Internship-icon
        Internship
      • Contact Us-icon
        Contact Us
      • Methodology-icon
        Methodology
      • Correction Policy-icon
        Correction Policy
      • Non-Partnership Policy-icon
        Non-Partnership Policy
      • Cookie Policy-icon
        Cookie Policy
      • Grievance Redressal-icon
        Grievance Redressal
      • Republishing Guidelines-icon
        Republishing Guidelines
      • Fact Check-icon
        Fact Check
        Fast Check
        Politics
        Business
        Entertainment
        Social
        Sports
        World
      • Law-icon
        Law
      • Explainers-icon
        Explainers
      • News-icon
        News
        All News
      • Decode-icon
        Decode
        Impact
        Scamcheck
        Life
        Voices
      • Media Buddhi-icon
        Media Buddhi
        Digital Buddhi
        Senior Citizens
        Videos
      • Web Stories-icon
        Web Stories
      • BOOM Research-icon
        BOOM Research
      • BOOM Labs-icon
        BOOM Labs
      • Deepfake Tracker-icon
        Deepfake Tracker
      • Videos-icon
        Videos
        Facts Neeti
      Trending Tags
      TRENDING
      • #Operation Sindoor
      • #Pahalgam Terror Attack
      • #Narendra Modi
      • #Rahul Gandhi
      • #Waqf Amendment Bill
      • #Arvind Kejriwal
      • #Deepfake
      • #Artificial Intelligence
      • Home
      • Coronavirus
      • India Crosses 5 Million Cases,...
      Coronavirus

      India Crosses 5 Million Cases, Latest Million Recorded In 11 Days

      India has been reporting the highest number of daily cases globally since August 7

      By - Shachi Sutaria |
      Published -  16 Sept 2020 1:49 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      India Crosses 5 Million Cases, Latest Million Recorded In 11 Days

      India crossed five million COVID-19 cases after it reported 90,123 new cases in the last 24 hours. It took the country only 11 days to report 10 lakh new cases.

      India has been reporting the highest daily-spike in cases globally since August 7. The country is 15 lakh cases away from US' total case count.

      In terms of mortality, India reported an average of 1168 deaths daily in the past seven days raising the country's death toll to 82,066. US and Brazil have over 1,95,542 and 1,33,119 deaths and occupy the top two positions in number of COVID-19 deaths.

      Also Read:No, Countries Were Not Buying COVID-19 Test Kits in 2018

      It took the country 169 days to report the first million but the difference in the number of days in reporting the subsequent four million cases has only been decreasing. India crossed the two million case- mark after recording the new million cases in a span of 22 days. The next million cases were reported in 16 days as the country breached the three million mark. It took the country 13 days to deport the fourth million while the fifth came in a span of 11 days.

      The infogram below shows India's trajectory from the first case reported on January 30 to crossing 5 million cases on September 15.

      Made with Flourish

      Testing

      According to the World Health Organization, a country is said to have the pandemic under control if the positivity rate is at 5%. Positivity rate is the number of samples testing positive from the total samples that are tested for positivity.

      For the week ranging from September 10- Sep 16, India's average positivity rate rose to 8.54%. The testing capacity has increased in the country to over 11 lakhs. Maharashtra with a positivity rate of 21.5%, Andhra Pradesh with a positivity rate of 12.9% and Karnataka with a positivity rate of 12.1% have been asked to increase their testing capacities by the Central government.

      Representation Of States

      In a press conference held on Tuesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan shared that the five Indian states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh account for 60% of the total COVID-19 cases.

      Maharashtra has been reporting a daily spike in the number of cases and deaths. The state with a total of 10,97,856 cases, has 27,983 cases more than Russia which has the fourth highest number of cases globally on the basis of geographical boundaries of countries

      Vaccine Candidates

      Two Indian indigenious vaccines– one by Bharat Biotech and the other by Zydus Cadilla are in Phase I/Phase II trials across the country.

      After AstraZeneca halted the trials of the Oxford vaccine, Serum Institute of India halted its trials too. AstraZeneca resumed its trials in the UK owing to which the Drugs Controller General of India permitted SII to start trials too. The approval came on Tuesday evening, according to PTI.

      Also Read:Coronavirus LIVE Update: India's Cases Rise To 50,20,359; 82,066 Dead


      Tags

      five million casesbharat biotechserum institute of indiaCOVID-19
      Read Full Article
      Next Story
      Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
      Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker. Please reload after ad blocker is disabled.
      X

      Subscribe to BOOM Newsletters

      👉 No spam, no paywall — but verified insights.

      Please enter a Email Address
      Subscribe for free!

      Stay Ahead of Misinformation!

      Please enter a Email Address
      Subscribe Now🛡️ 100% Privacy Protected | No Spam, Just Facts
      By subscribing, you agree with the Terms & conditions and Privacy Policy connected to the offer

      Thank you for subscribing!

      You’re now part of the BOOM community.

      Or, Subscribe to receive latest news via email
      Subscribed Successfully...
      Copy HTMLHTML is copied!
      There's no data to copy!