Covid-19 Factoid: Delhi's daily new cases now twice those in early August

Maharashtra, too, is reporting almost double the average daily case additions in early August

The global count of coronavirus cases is now at 26.5 million. Over 18.7 million people have recovered globally, while more than 6.9 million cases are still active. Over 874,000 people have lost their lives to the pandemic so far. At least four countries globally have more than 100,000 cases each.

In India, there are now over 3.9 million reported cases, of which roughly 21.1 per cent, or over 831,000 cases, are currently active. India’s recovery rate stands at 77 per cent, with over 3 million successful recoveries. Mortality rate, meanwhile, is still hovering around 1.7 per cent. The country’s death