Covid-19 Factoid: J&K's tally of confirmed cases jumps 11% in a single day

Even as India saw its biggest daily jump in cases on Sunday, its new daily recoveries, at nearly 4,000, also saw a massive spike

The total number of coronavirus cases currently stands at 4.75 million worldwide. The virus has so far claimed 313,794 lives, while 1.8 million people have recovered from the infection. In the worst affected country globally, the US, the confirmed case count has now crossed 1.5 million, and the death toll has crossed the 90,000 mark.

In India, the count of confirmed cases is now at 90,927, fatalities stand at 2,872, and recoveries at 34,109. Even as the country enters the fourth phase of its lockdown, the number of daily new cases does not seem to be abating; around 5,000 new cases