NEW DELHI, Sept 4:
India’s COVID-19 tally went past 39 lakh today with 83,341 fresh cases reported in a span of 24 hours, while the number of recoveries crossed the 30-lakh mark, pushing the recovery rate of Coronavirus patients in the country to 77.15 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry.
The total number of COVID-19 cases mounted to 39,36,747, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 68,472 with 1,096 people succumbing to it in a day, the ministry’s data updated at 8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.74 per cent in the country.
There are 8,31,124 active Coronavirus cases in the country, which account for 21.11 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
The country registered over 80,000 fresh COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day.
India is the third worst-hit nation by the pandemic in terms of cases and deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and the 30-lakh mark on August 23.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 4,66,79,145 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country as on September 3, including 11,69,765 yesterday. (PTI)
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