New Delhi: A record single-day increase of97,894 infections pushed India'sCOVID-19 tally to over 51 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 40 lakh on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
COVID-19 India tracker: State-wise report The total coronavirus cases mounted to51,18,253, while the death toll climbed to83,198 with the virus claiming 1,132 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The total recoveries surged to 40,25,079 while the active cases of COVID-19 crossed 10 lakh for the first time.
The COVID-19casefatality rate due to the coronavirus infection was recorded at 1.63 per cent.
There are10,09,976active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 19.73 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and it went past50 lakh on September 16.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 6,05,65,728 samples have been tested up to September 16 with 11,36,613 samples being tested on Wednesday.
