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Covid-19: Nearly 70k cases in 24 hour in India; death toll nears 56k
Published : Aug 22, 2020, 10:53 am IST
Updated : Aug 22, 2020, 10:53 am IST
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With a record spike of 69,874 infections in a day, India's Covid-19 tally increased to 29,75,701, while the recoveries rose to 22,22,577

New Delhi: With a record spike of 69,874 infections in a day, India's Covid-19 tally increased to 29,75,701, while the recoveries rose to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 per cent on Saturday.

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The death toll climbed to 55,794 with 945 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.87 per cent, it said.

CoronavirusCoronavirusThere are 6,97,330 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.43 per cent of the total caseload.

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

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