IMAGE: A health personnel collects a blood sample for a serological survey at a local health centre in New Delhi. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
India’s COVID-19 tally raced past the 38-lakh mark on Thursday with the sharpest single-day spike of 83,883 fresh cases, while the number of recoveries surged to 29,70,492, pushing the recovery rate to over 77 per cent, Union health ministry data showed.
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The total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 38,53,406, while the death toll climbed to 67,376 as 1,043 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
IMAGE: A man sprays disinfectant to sanitise figures in a public park after authorities announced to re-open public parks and gardens that were closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 77.09 per cent and the case fatality rate due to the infection has further declined to 1.75 per cent.
IMAGE: A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment takes a swab from a woman for a rapid antigen test inside an office in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
There are 8,15,538 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 21.16 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.
IMAGE: Health workers in PPE kit playing with a child at the Commonwealth Games Village sports complex, temporarily converted into a COVID-19 care centre, in New Delhi. Photograph: Rahul Singh/ANI Photo
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative total of 4,55,09,380 samples have been tested up to September 2 with 11,72,179 samples being tested on Wednesday — the highest in a day so far.
