New Delhi: India is heading towards 16-lakh coronavirus cases and the recovery rate has surpassed 10-lakh mark.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country saw a record single-day increase of 52,123 new cases in the last 24-hours, taking the total tally to 15,83,792.
The death-toll has climbed to 34,968 with 775 people succumbing to the disease in a day. There are 5,28,242 active cases of coronavirus in the country. The number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the 18-million mark in the country.
According to ICMR, a total of 1,81,90,382 samples have been tested up to 29 July with 4,46,642 samples being tested on Wednesday.
Of the 775 fresh deaths, 298 are from Maharashtra, 92 from Karnataka, 82 from Tamilnadu, 65 from Andhra Pradesh, 41 from West Bengal, 33 from Uttar Pradesh, 26 from Delhi, 25 from Punjab, 24 from Gujarat, 15 Jammu and Kashmir, 13 from Madhya Pradesh, 12 from Telangana.
Nine fatalities have been reported each from Bihar and Jharkhand, seven from Haryana, six from Rajasthan, five from Odisha, four from Assam, three from Goa, two each from Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh and one each from Kerala and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.