India logs 16,135 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths in last 24 hours
New Delhi, July 4: India recorded 16,135 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally to 4,35,18,564, while the active cases increased to 1,13,864, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
With 24 new fatalities, the death toll climbed to 5,25,223, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.26 pc of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.54 percent.
An increase of 2,153 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in the last 24 hours.
A total of 3,32,978 samples were tested on Sunday, taking cumulative samples tested till date to 86,39,99,907 India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed four crore on January 25 this year.
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