Covid-19 Factoid: Rajasthan has best recovery rate among 5 worst-hit states

Russia has become the fifth country to report more than 200,000 Covid-19 cases; it took just 10 days to double its tally from 100,000 to 200,000

The number of confirmed coronavirus-infected cases in the world has now reached 4,128,810. As many as 280,993 people have succumbed to the infection globally, and 1,454,700 have recovered. The US, which continues to have the highest number of cases, has a case tally as big as those of the next six most affected countries put together.

In India, 62,939 cases have been reported so far, and 2,109 fatalities. A little less than a third of all confirmed cases have recovered. Maharashtra has become the first state to cross the 20,000 mark by total number of reported cases. Three other states –