New Delhi: India today crossed the 25-lakh mark Coronavirus cases with 65,002 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours.
According to a Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the total Covid-19 cases now stands at 25,26,192. The death-toll climbed to 49,036 with 996 people succumbing to the disease.
As many as 18 lakh people have so far recovered from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 71.61 per cent, the data showed.
India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since 7 August, barring 11 August when the country registered 53,601 new instances of the infection.
There are 6,68,220,active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 26.45 per cent of the total caseload, while the number of recoveries has risen to 18,08,936. India”s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in total 2,85,63,095 samples have been tested up to 14 August of which 8,68,679 were examined on Friday, the highest in a day so far.