Covid-19: Record over 1 lakh people recovered in 24 hours in India; death toll nears 89,000
India's Covid-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day
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New Delhi: India's Covid-19 infection tally crossed 55 lakh on Tuesday, while a record 1,01,468 patients recovered in a day, taking their number to 44,97,867 and pushing the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent.
The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 55,62,663, with 75,083 new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, while the death toll climbed to 88,935 as the virus claimed 1,053 more lives during the same period.
The Covid-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.60 per cent.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 40-lakh mark on September 5, and it went past 50 lakh on September 16.