IMAGE: A graveyard being sanitised after the burial of COVID-19 affected patients in Ranchi. Photograph: Somnath Sen/ANI Photo
India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday, according to the Union health ministry data.
The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,613, while the death toll climbed to 71,642 with 1,016 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
IMAGE: A medical worker takes care of a patient suffering from the coronavirus at the Intensive Care Unit of the Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.70 per cent.
There are 8,82,542 active cases of the infection in the country which comprises 20.99 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
IMAGE: Devotees at Hazarat Nizamuddin Dargah following its reopening during Unlock 4.0 in New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and it went past 40 lakh on September 5.
IMAGE: A health worker takes samples from a homeless man for COVID-19 test as others wait for their turn in New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 4,95,51,507 samples have been tested up to September 6 with 7,20,362 samples being tested on Sunday.