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Covid-19 Factoid: India case tally crosses 6 mn; more than 5 mn recoveries

India saw a drop in number of tests conducted for the third day in a row even as total cases crossed the 6 million mark

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India is currently the second worst-hit country after China and the only nation after the US to cross 6 million cases.

2 min read Last Updated : Sep 28 2020 | 11:01 AM IST

The global count of coronavirus cases is now over 33.3 million, of which more than 7.6 million are currently active. The global death toll is now over 1 million, with the US having the greatest number of deaths.

In India, the confirmed case count has crossed 6 million, of which roughly 16 per cent, or 962,640 cases are currently active. Recovery rate has crossed the 82 per cent, with over 5 million people having beaten the infection. The death toll has crossed 95,000, with the mortality rate dropping to 1.57 per cent.

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