Over one lakh recoveries in a day

NEW DELHI, Sept 22: India reported over 1 lakh Coronavirus recoveries in a single-day for the first time, improving the recovery rate to 80.86 per cent, while fresh cases also dropped below 76,000 after two weeks, according to the Health Ministry data updated today.
The data updated at 8 am showed that during the past 24 hours, 1,01,468 COVID-19 patients recuperated, while 75,809 new cases were recorded, pushing the overall figures to 55,62,663 infections and 44,97,867 recoveries.
Also, 1,053 patients died during the period, taking the cumulative death figures to 88,935, the data showed, reporting a COVID-19 case fatality rate of 1.60 per cent.
There are 9,75,861 active Coronavirus cases in the country, which make 17.54 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India’s single-day Coronavirus cases had dipped below 76,000 on September 8 also, when 75,809 cases were reported.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and it went past 50 lakh on September 16.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, a cumulative 6,53,25,779 samples have been tested up to September 21 –9,33,185 of them yesterday.(PTI)

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