NEW DELHI: India's
Covid-19
caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652
infections
, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to the
Union health ministry data
.
The total cases of
coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with 977 new fatalities being reported in a day, the data updated at 8am showed.
Case fatality rate has declined to 1.90 per cent.
There are 6,86,395 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 24.20 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 Indian Council of Medical Research
(ICMR), a cumulative total of 3,26,61,252 samples have been tested up to August 19 with 9,18,470 samples being tested on Wednesday.
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