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Covid-19: Nearly 70k cases in 24 hours in India; death toll nears 54k
Published : Aug 20, 2020, 11:00 am IST
Updated : Aug 20, 2020, 11:00 am IST
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India's Covid-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664

New Delhi: India's Covid-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent.

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The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with 977 new fatalities being reported in a day.

Case fatality rate has declined to 1.90 per cent.

Covid-19Covid-19 There are 6,86,395 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 24.20 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

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India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.

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