India Covid-19 tally past 42 lakh mark as country becomes second-worst affected
Stranded migrant workers set board special train to Bihar from Chennai railway station
India's Covid tally rose to over 4.2 million cases, overtaking Brazil as the country with the second-highest recorded cases. The pandemic continued its surge in India, with more than 90,000 fresh infections.
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The total case tally stands at 42,04,614 including 8,82,542 active cases, 32,50,429 cured/discharged/migrated & 71,642 deaths, as per the latest Ministry of Health data.
A total number of samples tested up to September 6 is 4,95,51,507 including 7,20,362 samples tested yesterday.
However, the Home Ministry had last week issued guidelines, following which the metro rail services resumed across the country barring Kolkata, which has set a tentative date of September 14 to restart its operations.
The United States, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, has logged over 62.75 lakh infections so far, about 29 lakh more than India.
(With inputs from agencies)