India recorded 82,170 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Monday (in the past 24 hours), bringing the national count to more than 60 lakh, according to the update from the Union Ministry of Health on Monday morning.
The last million cases came in just 11 days.
Of the 60,74,703 cases, 9,62,640 are active cases, while 50,16,521 patients have been cured or discharged from hospitals, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
At least 1,039 people succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 95,542.
Meanwhile, Delhi registered 3,292 new cases of the disease, bringing the number of infections in the national capital to 2.71,114. More than 40 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported in Delhi for the second day in a row on Sunday.
With this, the death toll in the national capital has risen to 5,235.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry said on Sunday that India recorded 10 lakh of recoveries in the past 11 days.
“India’s total recoveries exceed the historical milestone of 50 lakh. The 1 lakh increase in June 20 has been steep. The last 10 lakh of recoveries were added in just 11 days, ”the Health Ministry said on Twitter.
He added that recovered cases have exceeded active cases more than five times.
According to the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the cumulative total of samples analyzed as of September 26 is 7,12,57,836. The number of samples analyzed on September 26 is 9,87,861.
India is the second most affected country in terms of Covid-19 cases after the United States, while it is in third place in terms of deaths globally after the United States and Brazil.
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