Active coronavirus infection cases remained below eight lakh for the sixth day in a row.
The number of coronavirus infections reported in a 24-hour period remained below 60,000 for the fourth consecutive day Thursday as the number of cases in India exceeded 77 lakh, while recoveries crossed 68 lakh, according to data released. updated by the Union Ministry of Health.
The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 77.06,946 with 55,839 new infections reported in one day, while deaths soared to 1.16,616 with 702 more deaths, according to data updated as of 8 a.m. morning.
A total of 68,744,518 people have recovered from the disease so far, bringing the national cure rate to 89.20%, while the case fatality rate was 1.51%.
Active cases of coronavirus infection remained below eight lakh for the sixth day in a row. There are 7.15,812 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, representing 9.29% of the total number of cases, according to the data.
“Globally, India continues to report one of the lowest cases / million population. With a steady decline in the CASE FATALITY RATE (currently 1.51%), it also has one of the lowest # COVID19 deaths, ”the Department of Health said in a tweet attaching images of two charts.
India also broke the 10 crore mark by performing tests for COVID-19 as on Thursday with an average test of more than 10 lakh samples per day over the past 17 days, said the Indian Council of the medical research (ICMR). So far, 74,000 tests per million inhabitants have been carried out.
India performed the last 5 crore sample tests in just 45 days, said Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR.
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