COVID-19: India reports 19,893 new cases; recovery rate at 98.50 per cent

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The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said. Read more on Dynamite News:

India reports 19,893 new cases (File Photo)
India reports 19,893 new cases (File Photo)


New Delhi: With 19,893 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,40,87,037, while the active cases dipped to 1,36,478, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

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The death toll climbed to 5,26,530 with 53 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

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The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 579 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

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India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year. (with PTI inputs)










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