New Delhi (NVI): With a rise of 92,605 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, India’s Covid tally has reached 54,00,619, according to the latest data by the Union Health Ministry. 1,133 more deaths due to the virus have taken the death toll to 86,752.
There are 10,10,824 active cases in the country now and more than 43 lakh people have recovered. Apart from that, the country’s mortality rate is 1.61%.
ICMR has said that 6,36, 61, 060 samples have been tested till September 19, including a record 12,06,806 tests conducted on Saturday.
In another update, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been laid down to resume sports activities in the SAI (Sports Authority of India) training centres under the name of “Khelo India-Fir Se” which were curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This information was given by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Rajya Sabha yesterday.
In addition to that, Tata Group yesterday received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the commercial launch of India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test.
This test uses an indigenously developed CRISPR technology for the detection of the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease, Ministry of Science & Technology said in a statement yesterday.
Meanwhile, overall global coronavirus cases have reached 3,06,85,001 with 9,55,843 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 6,764,780 and 199,258, respectively, according to the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) in its latest update.
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