IMAGE: Medics and hospital staff applaud as patients who recovered from COVID-19 prepare to leave Krishna Hospital in Maharashtra’s Karad. Photograph: PTI Photo
India’s novel coronavirus tally rose to 32.34 lakh on Wednesday with 67,151 more people testing positive for the infection, while the recoveries have surged to 24,67,758, the health ministry said.
IMAGE: A medic wearing PPE kit while collecting samples for COVID-19 tests in Bengaluru. Photograph: PTI Photo
The death toll from the pathogen climbed to 59,449 with 1,059 more fatalities. There are 7,07,267 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), comprising 21.86 per cent of the total 32,34,474 cases, the ministry said.
IMAGE: Workers set up beds in a gallery of Kishore Bharati stadium for a makeshift COVID-19 care centre in Kolkata. Photograph: Swapan Mahapatra/PTI Photo
The case fatality rate has declined to 1.83 per cent, the ministry data stated.
IMAGE: A health worker collects swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 test at Civil Hospital in Ranchi. Photograph: PTI Photo
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a total of 3,76,51,512 tests have been conducted so far, including 8,23,992 samples on Tuesday.
