Hyderabad: A single-day spike of 42,015 COVID-19 infections, 3,998 fatalities has pushed India's tally of cases to 3,12,16,337 and death toll to 4,18,480, the data updated by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry at 8 am on Wednesday showed. As per the ministry, Maharashtra has carried out 14th reconciliation exercise of COVID-19 data in the state and as a result, the state’s positive case tally is increased by 2479 while the death tally is increased by 3509 in the health bulletin dated July 20, which resulted in a high death toll in a single day.
The country's active caseload mounted to 4,07,170. According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 36,977 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 3,03,90,687 till date. The Ministry said that a total of 41,54,72,455 people have been vaccinated so far in the country under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
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According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 44,91,93,273 samples have been tested up to July 20 for Covid-19. Of these 18,52,140 samples were tested on Tuesday.
