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    With 86,508 new cases, India COVID-19 tally crosses 57 lakh, recovery rate rises to 81.5%

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    The total coronavirus cases mounted to 57,32,518 with 86,508 people testing positive in a day while the death toll climbed to 91,149 with 1,129 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8am showed. The total recoveries surged to 46,74,987 in the country so far.

    A woman (C) reacts as a health worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus AFP
    A woman reacts as a health worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a slum area in Hyderabad (AFP)
    NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 caseload raced past 57 lakh, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to 81.55 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.

    The total coronavirus cases mounted to 57,32,518 with 86,508 people testing positive in a day while the death toll climbed to 91,149 with 1,129 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8am showed.

    The total recoveries surged to 46,74,987 in the country so far.

    The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection was recorded at 1.59 per cent.

    There are 9,66,382 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 16.86 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

    India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and and it went past 50 lakh on September 16.

    According to the ICMR,a cumulative total of 6,74,36,031 samples have been tested up to September 23 with 11,56,569 samples being tested on Wednesday.


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