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India surpasses Spain, ranked 5th worst-hit COVID-19 country

Updated : June 07, 2020 10:17 AM IST

India has now become the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world surpassing Spain with around 2,44,000 cases, reported IANS.

Now, India seems to have crossed the European country Spain, a COVID-19 epicentre weeks ago, with 2,40,978 cases.

Globally, the total number of global coronavirus has increased to over 6.7 million, while the death toll has topped 3,94,000.

With biggest-ever jump of 9,887 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, India has now become the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world surpassing Spain with around 2,44,000 cases, reported IANS.

Now, India seems to have crossed the European country Spain, a COVID-19 epicentre weeks ago, with 2,40,978 cases.

The country on Friday took over Italy, one of the biggest sufferers of the disease, in terms of total cases. Figures from America's Johns Hopkins University around Friday midnight showed India has 2,35,769 corona positive cases and Italy has 2,34,531.

Though the count of recoveries has risen, India still has more than 1 lakh active cases across the country. The cases have been rising sharply, by 8,000 or more, for several days now.

At least 19 states now have their tallies of confirmed cases in four or more digits, as against just nine on May 1. Also, three states now have five-digit tallies, as against only Maharashtra in that category on May 1.

While Delhi and Gujarat already have their tallies running into five digits, at least three other states - Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh - have total confirmed cases of more than 9,000.

Maharashtra tops the charts in terms of total confirmed cases, active cases, recoveries and deaths. On Saturday, the state reported 2,739 cases and 120 deaths, taking its total to 82,968. Tamil Nadu today reported 1,458 coronavirus cases. Delhi, with 1,320 cases reported in 24 hours, has a total of 27,654 cases.

Globally, the total number of global coronavirus has increased to over 6.7 million, while the death toll has topped 3,94,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

As of Saturday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 67,31,824, while the death toll increased to 3,94,787, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update.

With 18,97,239 confirmed cases and 1,09,127 deaths, the US currently accounts for the highest number of infections and fatalities in the world, according to the CSSE.

In terms of cases, Brazil comes in the second place with 6,14,941 infections.

This was followed by Russia (4,49,256), the UK (2,84,734), India (2,44,000), Spain (2,40,978), Italy (2,34,531), France (1,90,180), Peru (1,87,400), Germany (1,84,924), Turkey (1,68,340), Iran (1,67,156), Chile (1,22,499) and Mexico (1,10,026), the CSSE figures showed.

Regarding fatalities, the UK continues in the second position after the US with 40,344 COVID-19 deaths, which also accounts for the highest fatalities in Europe.

The other countries with over 10,000 deaths are Brazil (34,021), Italy (33,774), France (29,114), Spain (27,134) and Mexico (13,170).

India surpasses Spain, ranked 5th worst-hit COVID-19 country

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