India’s coronavirus tally on Saturday crossed 2.52 million after 65,002 cases and 996 deaths were registered in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases have now reached 6,68,220 while the recoveries crossed 1.8 million. India is constantly working towards increasing the number of Covid-19 tests conducted on a daily basis. Delhi, which has seen a reduction in its daily Covid-19 tally, has reduced the number of tests conducted per day. With more than 5.4 million Covid-19 cases in total, United States still continues to remain worst hit from the pandemic.

Source: Hindustan Times August 15, 2020 02:29 UTC