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COVID-19: India adds record 3,32,730 cases in single day

Updated on: 23 April,2021 12:00 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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The death toll increased to 1,86,920 with a record 2,263 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

COVID-19: India adds record 3,32,730 cases in single day

Relatives and staff carry a dead body of a COVID-19 victim in Delhi. Pic/AFP

With a record single-day rise of 3,32,730 new coronavirus infections, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,62,63,695, while active cases crossed the 24-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.


The death toll increased to 1,86,920 with a record 2,263 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.


Registering a steady increase, the active cases increased to 24,28,616 comprising 14.93 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 83. 92 per cent.


The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,36, 48,159, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.15 per cent, 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 50 lakh on September 16.It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.

According to the ICMR, 27,44,45,653 samples have been tested up to April 22 with 17,40,550 samples being tested on Thursday.

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