India's COVID-19 tally crosses 15 lakh mark

NewsBharati    29-Jul-2020 14:46:20 PM
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New Delhi, July 29: India's COVID-19 tally went past 15 lakh on Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 14 lakh mark, with 48,513 fresh cases recorded in a day while the recoveries surged to 9,88,029, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
 
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The total coronavirus cases climbed to 15,31,669, while the country's death toll due to the disease rose to 34,193 with 768 deaths being reported in a 24-hour span, the data updated at 8 am showed. There are 5,09,447 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently.
 
The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has risen to 64.51 per cent. The total number of confirmed cases also includes foreigners.This is the seventh consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 45,000.
 
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,77,43,740 samples have been tested up to July 28 with 4,08,855 samples being tested on Tuesday.