Medical technicians arrange samples for COVID-19 testing at a facility in Chennai on July 16, 2020. | Photo Credit:
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New highs registered in Maharashtra, Karnataka and U.P.
The total confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in India crossed the one million mark, 175 days after the first case was registered on January 30 in Kerala.
India now has the third highest number of confirmed cases, behind the U.S.’s close to 3.5 million and Brazil’s 1.97 million cases.
On Thursday, 34,424 infections were registered, along with 676 deaths, to take the overall death toll to 25,619, the eighth highest in the world.
Galloping cases
Maharashtra registered yet another new high in total cases — 8,641 and 266 deaths, followed by Tamil Nadu’s 4,549 cases and 69 deaths. Karnataka registered its highest-ever spike — 4,169 cases and 104 deaths with overall cases reaching 51,422, the fourth highest in the country.
Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh also registered daily highs — 2,593 and 2,058 cases, along with 40 and 34 dea