With the single-day spike of 86,508 new COVID-19 positive cases, India has reported total 5,732,519 cases, said the Union Health Ministry in a bulletin.
With this latest spike, the count of covid-19 cases stands at 5,732,519 of which, there are a total of 9,66,382 active cases while 46,74,988 patients have been cured/discharged/migrated.
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The death toll due to coronavirus in the country rose to 91,149 after 1,129 deaths due to covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours.
A total of 87,374 covid-19 patients recovered in a single day which is higher than the number of people getting affected from coronavirus for the sixth consecutive day.
"A total of 6,74,36,031 samples tested up to 23 September for covid-19. Of these, 11,56,569 samples were tested yesterday", said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Daily Covid-19 recoveries have exceeded the new cases for the sixth consecutive day, the Union Health Ministry said Thursday, as the total recoveries surged to 46,74,988 pushing the national recovery rate to 81.25 per cent.
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