India Sees 13% Drop In New COVID-19 Cases In Week; Still Highest Globally: WHO India Sees 13% Drop In New COVID-19 Cases In Week; Still Highest Globally: WHO COVID-19 India: As per the WHO estimates, cumulative cases in India currently stand at about 24.68 million and total deaths are at about 270,284.
Updated: May 19, 2021 7:46 pm IST
WHO said that the highest number of new Covid cases were reported from India (2,387,663 cases)
United Nations:
India registered a 13 per cent decrease in new COVID-19 cases in the past week but the number of fresh infections was still the highest around the world, the WHO has said.
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India sees slight dip in Covid cases with over 1.6 lakh new infections in last 24 hours
India on Monday witnessed a 4.24% dip in the coronavirus cases as 1,61,736 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. According to the Union Health Ministry's daily bulletin, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 1,36,89,453, with 12,64,698 active cases at present.Â
Meanwhile, at least 879 people lost their lives to the deadly contagious virus yesterday, taking the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,71,058. The case fatality rate has dropped further to 1.25 percent, the health ministry data stated. The Union Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.