Covid-19: Over 52k cases in 24 hours in India; death toll nears 35k
Single-day increase of coronavirus cases crossed 50,000-mark for the first time on Thursday, pushing India's Covid-19 caseload to 15,83,792
New Delhi: The single-day increase of coronavirus cases crossed the 50,000-mark for the first time on Thursday, pushing India's Covid-19 caseload to 15,83,792, while the recoveries surpassed 10 lakh.
The country registered a record increase of 52,123 infections in 24 hours while the death-toll climbed to 34,968 with 775 people succumbing to the disease in a day.
There are 5,28,242 active cases of coronavirus in the country.
The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients was 64.44 per cent.
Nine fatalities have been reported each from Bihar and Jharkhand, seven from Haryana, six from Rajasthan, five from Odisha, four from Assam, three from Goa, two each from Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh and one each from Kerala and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.