Lucknow : With the highest single-day spike of 45,720 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 12-lakh mark on Thursday (July 23), while the death toll mounted to 29,861 with a record 1,129 fatalities in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The country crossed the 12-lakh mark, just three days after it went past the 11-lakh milestone.
The coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 12,38,635 on Thursday, while 7,82,606 people have recovered so far in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed.
There are 4,26,167 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.
Around 63.18 percent people have recovered so far.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,50,75,369 samples have been tested up to July 22 with 3,50,823 samples being tested on Wednesday.
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24 July 2020, 10:38 AM
Uttar Pradesh: Four barracks of the Jhansi district jail have been converted into a level one COVID hospital after a total of 128 inmates tested Corona positive. (IANS input)
24 July 2020, 10:24 AM
ICMR Sample testing: The total number of COVID19 samples tested up to 23rd July is 1,54,28,170 including 3,52,801 samples tested yesterday.
24 July 2020, 09:39 AM
India witnessed the highest one-day spike in coronavirus cases with 49,310 new cases and 740 fatalities on Friday taking the total tally to 12,87,945 and the death toll to 30,601.
24 July 2020, 06:32 AM
Punjab records 441 fresh COVID-19 cases, its highest single-day spike, taking tally to 11,739, death toll climbs to 277 with 8 more fatalities; active case count 3,721. (PTI report)
24 July 2020, 06:28 AM
Uttarakhand’s COVID-19 tally mounts to 5,445 with 145 new cases, death toll reaches 60 after 3 more patients succumb; active case count 1,948.
24 July 2020, 06:27 AM
Sikkim: 22 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the state, taking tally to 460; number of active cases stands at 338. (PTI report)
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