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55,000 New Coronavirus Cases in the Country:- The tally of new cases of coronavirus is unstoppable due to the huge spread of the virus all over. 55,000 new coronavirus cases are registered in the country and the total cases reached 16,68,870 and the death toll stands at 35,747 as per the information from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Maharashtra is the most impacted state in the country with over 4 lakh cases. The state recorded 11,147 cases yesterday. Andhra Pradesh reported over 10,000 new cases yesterday. Tamil Nadu and Bihar extended lockdown till August 16th.

The total number of coronavirus cases reached 17.2 million across the world and the deaths reached 6,71,983. USA is the most impacted country with 4 million cases and 1.5 lakh deaths. Brazil and India stand next to USA in the number of cases. The government of India is in talks with multiple stakeholders who are busy developing a vaccine for coronavirus. The Centre is working on the logistics and the section to which the vaccine needs to be given on priority. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio goes into home quarantine after his staffers were tested positive with coronavirus. As per the reports from the ICMR, a total number of 6,42,588 samples are tested yesterday in India and the total tested samples of coronavirus in the country reached 1,88,32,970.