COVID-19: India Records 77,266 Cases, 1,057 Deaths

New Delhi: India records 77,266 new coronavirus cases along with 1,057 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The recovery rate was recorded at 76.28 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.82 per cent.

There are 7,42,023 active cases of coronavirus cases in the country which comprises 21.90 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and went past 30 lakh on August 23.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 3,94,77,848 samples have been tested up to August 27 with 9,01,338 samples being tested on Thursday.

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