Corona: 20,551 new Cases Reported in India
New Delhi: India records 20,551 new corona cases along with 70 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,07,588, while the active cases declined to 1,35,364.
The death toll climbed to 5,26,600 with 70 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.31 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 percent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 1,114 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
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 crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.
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