India reported its highest ever number of recoveries on a single day, with 28,472 COVID-19 patients having been cured or discharged from hospitals in 24 hours, according to a statement from the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
“With this, the number of patients recovered stands at 7,53,049. This has strongly boosted the recovery rate to 63.13%,” said the Ministry. It said the constantly increasing number of recovered patients had further widened the difference with active cases.
Here is a list of State Helpline numbers. You can track coronavirus cases, deaths and testing rates at the national and State levels here.
Here are the latest updates:
9.00 am | Kerala
Intense community transmission across all districts
With 1,038 new cases on Wednesday, the total caseload in Kerala has gone up to 15,032 in a matter of days. Approximately 80% of these cases — 839 out of the 1,038 cases — are locally acquired infections, indicating the intensity of community transmission across the State. In 57 of these cases, the source of infection could not be established.
8.30 am
Complete lockdown in West Bengal today
Shoppers crowd a Kolkata street on July 22, 2020, ahead of a two-day weekly lockdown to be imposed across West Bengal starting Thursday.
| Photo Credit: AFP
West Bengal on Wednesday yet again recorded a single-day spike in the COVID-19 fatalities with 39 deaths. . The State will observe a complete lockdown on Thursday. Civic bodies like Bar