According to statistics issued by the Ministry of Health on Friday, India registered 2,841 new Covid-19 cases and 9 fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall death toll to 5,24,190.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 23,44,45,774 samples were tested for Covid-19 up to Sunday and of these, 880,655 samples were tested on the same day.
The samples of those testing positive were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to ascertain the type of virus they are infected with.
Globally, the infection seems to be slowing — that could change if the second wave gathers momentum in Europe, and the United State sees a third wave (it probably will ) — with the number of cases growing by just 9.2% in August, compared to 64% in July. The number of cases in India in August grew 75%, compared to 183% in July.
