
India registered its first coronavirus case on January 30. Doctors across the world have advised that people can protect themselves by frequently washing hands, not touching your face and avoiding physical contact with people. The disease, similar to flu, triggers symptoms like cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. The coronavirus causes a respiratory disease called COVID-19. The novel coronavirus is a highly contagious new virus that emerged in China's Wuhan late last year quickly spread to the rest of the world. India and France are next in line with 4,46,93,506 and 3,98,66,718 confirmed coronavirus cases and 5,30,795 and 1,66,176 deaths respectively. 11,23,836 people have died of coronavirus in the country. The highest number of coronavirus cases currently is in US which has registered 10,38,04,263 confirmed COVID-19 cases. This includes 62,55,73,072 people who are being treated, 4,41,57,685 who have recovered and 68,81,965 who have died.

Such cases may not even require admission to COVID-19 blocks or dedicated hospitals, the Health Ministry said.Īcross the world, there have been a total of 67,66,12,722 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the latest update. The government has said more than 70 per cent of the people recover from COVID-19 with mild or very mild symptoms. India currently has a fatality rate of 1.19 per cent due to coronavirus. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have the lowest number coronavirus cases with 10,751, 11,415 and 11,591 respectively.

Kerala and Karnataka are next with 68,31,977 and 40,75,127 total COVID-19 cases respectively. The data for this was released by the Union Health Ministry at 5:30 amĪccording to the latest numbers, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases at 81,39,055. There were 795 new active cases and 388 new recovered cases on Mar 17 2023.

The total number of coronavirus cases also includes 4,41,57,685 people who have recovered and 5,026 who are currently being treated. This includes 4 new deaths which have taken the total count to 5,30,795. With 795 new coronavirus cases on Mar 17 2023, India now has registered a total of 4,46,93,506 COVID-19 infections across the country.
