According to the health ministry, India’s infection tally also climbed to 440,215 as 14,933 new infections and 178,014 active Covid-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat continued to add to the country’s infection tally and death toll. It had cited the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) report from Sunday to make the point. “India’s cases per lakh population are 30.04 while the global average is more than its triple at 114.67,” the health ministry said in a release. “We know that the pandemic is much more than a health crisis, it is an economic crisis, a social crisis and in many countries a political crisis.

Source: Hindustan Times June 23, 2020 04:42 UTC