Covid-19 Factoid: India recorded a drop in active cases for 5 straight days

Kerala witnessing a surge in new cases while Bengaluru Urban overtakes Pune as the district with most number of active cases

The global count of coronavirus cases has crossed 36.4 million, of which nearly 8 million are currently active. The global death toll is now over 1 million, with the US having the greatest number of deaths.

In India, the confirmed case count has crossed 6.6 million, of which over 13 per cent or 902,425 cases are currently active. Recovery rate has crossed the 85 per cent, with over 5.82 million people have beaten the infection. The death toll has crossed 100,000.

Here are some insights on the spread of the virus:

India recorded a drop in active cases for five straight days

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