India's single-day recovery exceed the number of new infections as nearly 96,000 people recovered from the novel coronavirus

New Delhi: India's single-day recovery exceed the number of new infections as nearly 96,000 people recovered from the novel coronavirus, even as the total caseload went past 53 lakh.

As per the data, 95,880 people recovered from Covid-19 in a span of 24 hours while 93,337 new infections were recorded during the period.

CoronavirusThe total number of cases mounted to 53,08,014 and the recoveries to 42,08,431, pushing the recovery rate to 79.28 per cent.

The death toll, meanwhile, climbed to 85,619 with the virus claiming 1,247 lives in a span of 24 hours.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate has further dropped at 1.61 per cent, the data showed.

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There are 10,13,964 active cases of Covid-19 in the country, which constitute 19.10 per cent of the total caseload.

The country’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 40-lakh mark on September 5, and it went past 50 lakh on September 16.