With a record single-day increase of 66,999 cases, India's Covid-19 tally increased to 23,96,637 on Thursday
New Delhi: With a record single-day increase of 66,999 cases, India's Covid-19 tally increased to 23,96,637 on Thursday, while the number of patients who have recovered from the disease surged to 16,95,982, pushing the recovery rate to 70.77 per cent in the country.
The death toll due to Covid-19 climbed to 47,033 with 942 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours.
The case fatality rate in the country has declined to 1.96 per cent.
There are 6,53,622 active Covid-19 cases in the country presently in the country.
India crossed the 20-lakh mark in terms of Covid-19 cases on August 7.