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India coronavirus update: 53,370 new cases take Covid-19 tally to 7,814,682

India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 7.8 mn with 53,370 fresh cases in a day, while 7,016,046 people have so far recuperated pushing the national recovery rate to 89.78%

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 78.14 lakh with 53,370 fresh cases in a day, while 70,16,046 people have so far recuperated pushing the national recovery rate to 89.78 per cent on Saturday, the Union health ministry said.

The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 78,14,682 and the death toll to 1,17,956, with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 650 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the ministry data updated at 8 am on Saturday showed.

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The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.51 per cent.

There are 6,80,680 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 8.71 per cent of the total caseload, the ministry data said.

 

According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 10,13,82,564 samples have been tested up to October 23, with 12,69,479 samples tested on Friday.

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First Published: Oct 24 2020 | 10:15 AM IST

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