DATA STORY: Over 90,000 cases added in India's steepest single-day spike

With 73,642 new daily recoveries, the most so far, India's recovery rate has improved to 77.32%, while death rate has come down to 1.72%

India on Sunday reported its biggest single-day surge in recovered cases and total tally. While 73,642 cured cases in a day took total recovery to 3,180,865, India’s total count of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 4,113,811 with 90,632 cases being added in 24 hours. The country’s Covid-19 death toll, meanwhile, reached 70,626, with 1,065 fatalities being reported in a day.
 
The third-most-affected country by total cases and deaths, and second by active cases, India has added 571,078 cases in the past 7 days alone. Here are the key takeaways from the coronavirus data released by the Union Ministry of Health