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India’s Covid-19 tally rises to 31,67,323, death toll climbs to 58,390

Recoveries surged to 24,04,585, while the fatality rate declined to 1.84% with 848 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours, the health ministry said.

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New Delhi: With 60,975 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,67,323, while recoveries surged to 24,04,585 pushing the recovery rate over 75.92 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The death toll climbed to 58,390 with 848 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.84 per cent.

There are 7,04,348 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 22.24 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 3,68,27,520 samples have been tested up to August 24 with 9,25,383 samples being tested on Monday.


Also read: Covid testing in UP rises nearly nine times since June, govt now targets 1.5 lakh tests a day


 

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