New Delhi: India’s Coronavirus cases crossed 50-lakh mark today, with 82,066 deaths being reported so far.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the total coronavirus cases mounted to 50,20,359. As many as 1,290 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The recovery rate surged to 39,42,360 today and there are 9,95,933 active cases of Covid-19 in the country.
India’s Covid-19 cases jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days. Then it took 16 more days to race past 30 lakh, 13 days more to cross the 40-lakh mark and 11 days to go past 50 lakh.
It took 110 days for the Covid-19 cases in the country to reach one lakh while it had taken 59 days more to go past the 10-lakh post.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 5,94,29,115 samples have been tested up to 15 September with 11,16,842 samples being tested on Tuesday.