New Delhi: In what said to be the biggest single-day spike, India recorded 83,883 new Coronavirus cases. With this, the total Covid-19 cases crossed 38-lakh mark today.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the total number of Coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while the death toll climbed to 67,376 as 1,043 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours.
The number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, the data said.
There are 8,15,538 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 21.16 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August and went past 30 lakh on 23 August.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 4,55,09,380 samples have been tested up to 2 September with 11,72,179 samples being tested on Wednesday — the highest in a day so far.