India's Covid-19 tally raced past the 38-lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases

New Delhi: India's Covid-19 tally raced past the 38-lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent.

CoronavirusThe total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while the death toll climbed to 67,376 as 1,043 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours.

The national Covid-19 recovery rate has risen to 77.09 per cent and the case fatality rate due to the infection has further declined to 1.75 per cent.

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There are 8,15,538 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 21.16 per cent of the total caseload.

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 30-lakh mark on August 23.