New Delhi: With 55,079 new Coronavirus cases reported in the country, the total number of infection has raised to 27,02,742.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the Covid-19 death toll climbed to 51,797 with 876 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours.
A total of 19.77 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 73.18 per cent, the data said.
There are 6,73,166 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 24.91 per cent of the total caseload, while the number of recoveries has risen to 19,77,779.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 3,09,41,264 samples have been tested till 17 August with 8,99,864 samples being tested on Monday.