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COVID-19: 86,821 Cases reported in last 24 hours, death toll reaches to 98,678

New Delhi, 1-Oct-2020

India recorded 86,821 new coronavirus cases and 1,181 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its COVID-19 tally past the 63-lakh mark, according to the Health Ministry data released this morning. The country now has 63,12,585 cases of coronavirus, including 9,40,705 active cases, 52.7 lakh recoveries and 98,678 deaths. At 85,376, India recorded fewer one-day recoveries than new cases. The overall recovery rate in the country is 83.5 per cent. Its daily positivity rate was 6.1 per cent and fatality rate is 1.6 per cent. A total of 14 lakh tests were done in the last 24 hours and 7.6 crore tests have been done in India till now.