New Delhi, ( The states news ) India has clocked highest ever single-day
spike of 90,633 new cases in the past 24 hours, pushing country’s tally past 41
lakh mark on Sunday, the Union Health Ministry said in its update.
With the new
additions, the overall case count in the country has zoomed to 41,13,812.
Fatalities due the
virus have reached over 70k after 1,065 more lives were lost since Saturday and
the toll now stands at 70,626. The death rate currently stands at 1.72 per cent.
On the brighter
side, 73,642 cured/discharged cases were recorded since Saturday and the
recoveries have increased to 31,80,865 in the country with the recovery rate
now at 77.32 per cent.
Meanwhile, the
active caseload has also increased by 15,925 and presently there are 8,62,320
such cases across the nation.
According to the
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in the past 24 hours, 10,92,654
samples were tested, taking the total tests conducted to 4,88,31,145.
India is currently
at the third spot across the globe in terms of maximum COVID cases, while
Brazil is at the second and the USA on top with over 60 lakh cases. uni
India has clocked highest ever single-day spike of 90k cases, tally zooms past 41 lakh-mark
