India’s coronavirus tally rose to 67,57,131 with 72,048 new cases on Wednesday. The country’s toll now stands at 1,04,555 after 986 additional deaths in the last 24 hours. India’s recovery and fatality rates are 85.02% and 1.55%, respectively.
Bengaluru on Tuesday reported over 5,000 cases in a day for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The capital city also has nearly half of the total active cases in Karnataka. The state government issued making testing stricter. “All individuals who are identified for Covid-19 test by the government shall get tested so that the spread of the disease can be contained and lives can be said,” read the order.
The global coronavirus count crossed 3.56 crore and the toll rose to 10,47,838, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of recoveries crossed 2.48 crore.