With 60,975 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 31,67,323, whereas recoveries surged to 24,04,585 pushing the recovery rate over 75.92 per cent, in accordance with the Union Health Ministry information.
The total active instances in India declined by 6,423 after a record 66,550 patients have been cured in a day on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 58,390 with 848 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours, the information 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 within the nation which includes 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 examined up to August 24 with 9,25,383 samples being tested on Monday.
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