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DATA STORY: Biggest 24-hr jump in cured cases pushes recovery rate to 76%

India now accounts for 10.62% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 7.15% of all deaths (one in every 14)

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A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a woman at a local health center to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the spread of the disease, at Kashmere gate area, in Delhi.

BS Web Team New Delhi
India on Tuesday reported its biggest single-day jump in cured cases, at 66,550, to take its recovery rate to nearly 76 per cent. While the country again saw a net reduction in active cases, India’s total count of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 3,167,323, with an addition of 60,975 in a day. With 848 fatalities being reported in a day, the Covid-19 death toll, meanwhile, reached 58,390.
 
Now the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, India has added 464,581 cases in the past 7 days alone. Here are the key takeaways from the coronavirus data released