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Written By: Satata Karmakar | Updated : July 22, 2021 7:32 PM IST
As there are rising speculations about a possible third wave in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it. Speaking about the deadly coronavirus, which has grappled the world for more than a year now, infecting and killing millions across the globe, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the only tool to fight the virus is with the people and now it depends on the common people when they want to stop the virus transmission.
Meanwhile, India saw a single-day rise of 41,383 coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,12,57,720, while the active cases registered an increase for the second consecutive day and were recorded at 4,09,394, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The country's COVID-19 death toll rose to 4,18,987 with 507 fresh fatalities. An increase of 2,224 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. Get the latest COVID-19 updates, news, and information here.
