Covid-19 Factoid: India's recovery rate improves to 30% from 10% in April

But news from Russia and Belgium is worrisome - while the former has seen an unprecedented surge in new cases, the latter's death rate has been rising rapidly

The global tally of coronavirus infections is dangerously close to breaching the four-million mark. The pandemic has already claimed 271,782 lives, while 1,358,286 have beaten the infection so far. The US, Spain and Italy continue to be at the top of the ladder, though Italy and Spain have considerably brought down their active cases.

In India, now there are 57,306 confirmed coronavirus infections. The death toll stands at 1,899 at present, and 17,041 people have recovered. India recently saw a surge in new cases, with more than 3,800 of them being recorded in a single day.

Here are some data