India overtakes Spain, becomes 5th worst coronavirus-hit nation

India has become the fifth-worst coronavirus-hit nation in the world as it surpassed Spain on June 6^th, 2020. The COVID-19 has infected 2,46,628 as on June 7^th, 2020, and claimed 6929 lives so far. There are 1.2 lakh active cases, while 1.19 lakh have recovered.

The European country, a COVID-19 epicentre weeks ago, has over 2.4 lakh cases. Now, only the US, Brazil, Russia, and the UK have more cases than India.

On June 7^th, 2020 morning, the Health Ministry data said India reported 9,971 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours in the biggest one-day spike so far. The country on June 5^th, 2020, took over Italy, one of the biggest sufferers of the disease, in terms of total cases.

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Among the states, Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. It has 82,968 cases followed by 30,152 in Tamil Nadu, 27,654 in Delhi, 19,592 in Gujarat, and 10,331 in Rajasthan. On the other hand, 2969 people died due to the infection in Maharashtra while 1219 in Gujarat and 761 in the national capital.

According to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, more than 70 percent of cases are due to comorbidities. But India’s case fatality ratio (CFR, number of deaths per 100 cases) still remains low — 2.8 per cent. Globally, the CFR is 5.8 per cent. In the US, it is 5.7 per cent, in Brazil it is 5.5 per cent, and in Russia it is 1.2 per cent. Contrary to fears, the national growth rate of the infection has been going down steadily. For the last three days, between 9,000 and 10,000 new cases are being detected. And yet, the national growth rate has slowed down by more than half a percentage point during this time.

On the global front, over 6.8 million people have been infected. The COVID-19 death toll has neared the 4 lakh-mark, while 30 lakh have recovered.

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