Corona infection in the country is creating new records every day. Within the last 24 hours, more than 62 thousand new cases have been reported. According to the update released by the Ministry of Health, now the total number of patients in the country is more than 20 lakhs. In this, 41 thousand 585 people have died.

So far, over 13 lakh 78 thousand people have been cured of Corona, while there are more than 6 lakh active cases. According to ICMR data, more than 2 crores 27 lakh samples have been tested in the country so far. Yesterday, on Thursday only 6 lakh 39 thousand tests were done.

Since the beginning of August, the number of new patients coming every day in the country is more than 50 thousand. More than 57 thousand cases were reported on 1 August, more than 54 thousand on 2 August, more than 52 thousand on 3 and 4 August, more than 52 thousand on 5 August, and more than 56 thousand new cases on 6 August.

Although there are more than 6 lakh active cases of corona in the country, but most of these cases are in Maharashtra. Maharashtra alone has more than 1 lakh 46 thousand active cases. Apart from this, there are more than 82 thousand active cases in Andhra Pradesh, more than 75 thousand in Karnataka, more than 53 thousand cases in Tamil Nadu and more than 43 thousand cases in Uttar Pradesh.

Maharashtra is still number one in terms of death. The number of patients who lost their lives has reached 16,476. After Maharashtra, 4,461 people have died in Tamil Nadu, 4,044 in Delhi, 2,804 in Karnataka, and 2,556 in Gujarat. Apart from this, 1,857 people have died in Uttar Pradesh, 1,846 in West Bengal, 1,681 in Andhra Pradesh and 929 in Madhya Pradesh.

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