New Delhi, Sep 4 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the all-out efforts made by police during the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, calling it the 'human face of Khaki uniform,' even as the total number of COVID-19 cases reached 39,36,747 on Friday, after addition of 83,341 new patients in the past 24 hours.
Interacting with IPS Probationers during the 'Dikshant Parade Event' at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) through video-conferencing, the Prime Minister said, 'The human face of Khaki uniform has been engraved in the public memory due to the good work done by the police, especially during this COVID-19'
As per the Union Health Ministry, the number of active cases stood at 8,31,124. The death toll in the country too climbed to 68,472, with 1,096 new additions. The fatality rate stood at 1.74 per cent.
The case tally climbed to 8,43,844 in the worst-affected Maharashtra, 4,65,730 in Tamil Nadu and 4,45,851 in Andhra Pradesh. The death toll rose to 25,931 in Maharashtra, 7,608 in Tamil Nadu and 6,073 in Karnataka.
Sadly, India still ranked third globally, both in terms of infections and fatalities, as the United States remained the worst-infected, with more than 63 lakh cases, followed by Brazil, recording over 40 lakh infections. The US also registered the highest 1.91 lakh fatalities, while 1.24 lakh deaths were recorded in Brazil.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia tested positive for COVID-19 and was under home isolation, as the case tally in the desert state reached 86,965, with 738 new cases.
The Allahabad High Court, while asking people to wear face mask and maintain social distancing, directed the Uttar Pradesh government to take stern action against the rising number of Coronavirus cases in the state, as it registered 6193 new cases, pushing the total positive cases to 2.5 lakh.
On the brighter side, the recovery rate reached 77.15 per cent, as the number of recovered reached 30,37,151, which includes 66,659 fresh recoveries.
India has scaled new peaks in Covid-19 testing for the past two successive days, testing 11,69,765 samples across the country in the past 24 hours. With this exponential rise in daily testing, the cumulative tests totalled 4,66,79,145. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare claimed that no other country has achieved these levels of high daily testing.
The Ministry further claimed that even with this high daily testing, the daily Positivity Rate was still below 7.5 per cent, while cumulative Positivity Rate is less than 8.5 per cent, reflecting the successful Centre-led strategy of Test, Track, Treat, being effectively implemented by most of the states.
As a part of the Unlock 4.0, as many as 13 daily special trains would be operated from Chennai to various destinations,in Tamil Nadu including southern districts, by Southern Railway, when the intra-state train services will resume on September 7.
The weekend lockdown and night curfew in Assam have been lifted and the Supreme Court has rejected the Opposition-ruled States plea to review the Apex Court's August 17 order allowing to conduct the JEE-Main and NEET UG examinations in September in view of Covid-19.
However, Indian researchers claimed that Phytochemical compounds found in fruit, vegetable, grains, beans, and other parts of plants have antiviral effects on Corona.
India registered the first COVID-19 case and death on January 31 and March 13, respectively.
UNI Team JTS RJ 1954