All educational and training institutions in Jammu and Kashmir closed till May 31
The total number of cases stands at 56,342 which includes 37,916 active cases, 16,539 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and 1,886 death as per the Ministry of Health data. 3390 and 103 deaths in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate in India stands at 29.35 percent.
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India is facing the worst wave of coronavirus outbreak as cases spiked sharply over the past few weeks. Positive Covid-19 cases in the country crossed 56,000-mark after the Union Health Ministry data on its website on Thursday; the death toll has also crossed 1,800.
The total number of cases stood at 56,342 which includes 37,916 active cases, 16,539 recovered cases, 1 migrant patient and 1,886 death as per the Ministry of Health data. 3390 and 103 deaths in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate in India stands at 29.35 per cent.
In India, the state of Maharashtra has emerged as the epicentre of coronavirus spread where the number of cases, having crossed the 16,500-mark with more than 600 deaths, witnessed a massive spike recently.
Meanwhile, in what is being termed as one of India's largest repatriation exercise to date, Indians stranded in different parts of the world due to the existing bans on air travel are being evacuated with Air India and the Union Ministry of External Affairs' joint initiative. The Indian Army is operating quarantine facilities for the citizens who are returning from different countries, as part of the initiative.
India, one of the four worst-affected countries in Asia, is worried about the exponential rise of cases in urban areas and a high fatality rate in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and West Bengal.
Globally, the situation remains grim as the US remains the worst affected country with over 70,000 deaths. In a first, the country also recorded the death of a detained immigrant who had tested positive for the virus.
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