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Covid-19: Nearly 69k cases in one day in India; death toll nears 55k
Published : Aug 21, 2020, 11:03 am IST
Updated : Aug 21, 2020, 11:03 am IST
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India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past 29 lakh, a day after it crossed 28 lakh, with a single-day spike of 68,898 infections

New Delhi: India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past 29 lakh, a day after it crossed 28 lakh, with a single-day spike of 68,898 infections, while the recoveries have increased to 21,58,946 on Friday taking the recovery rate to over 74 per cent.

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The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 29,05,823, while the death toll climbed to 54,849 with 983 new fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours.

Case fatality rate has declined to 1.89 per cent while the recovery rate has risen to 74.30 per cent.

CoronavirusCoronavirusThere are 6,92,028 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 23.82 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

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India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7.

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