 "Coronavirus, Coronavirus tests")
A spike of 65,002 cases took India's Covid-19 tally past 2.5 million on Saturday, just a day after it crossed the 2.4 million mark, while the number of fatalities neared 50,000 with 996 deaths, Union Health Ministry data showed.
According to figures from the ministry, 1.8 million people have so far recuperated from the disease, pushing the recovery rate to 71.61 per cent.
India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11 when the country registered 53,601 new instances of the infection.
The Covid-19 caseload stood at 25,26,192, while the death-toll climbed to 49,036, data
