Covid-19: Nearly 70k cases in 24 hours in India; death toll nears 54k
India's Covid-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664
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New Delhi: India's Covid-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent.
The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with 977 new fatalities being reported in a day.
Case fatality rate has declined to 1.90 per cent.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.