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India's COVID-19 tally goes past 39 lakh, no. of recoveries crosses 30 lakh mark

4th-September-2020

NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 tally went past 39 lakh on Friday with 83,341 fresh cases reported in a span of 24 hours, while the number of recoveries crossed the 30 lakh mark, pushing the recovery rate of Coronavirus patients in the country to 77.15 %, according to the Union Health Ministry.

The total number of COVID-19 cases mounted to 39,36,747 while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 68,472 with 1,096 people succumbing to it in a day. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.74 % in the country.
There are 8,31,124 active Coronavirus cases in the country, which account for 21.11 % of the total caseload, the data stated. India''s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7 and the 30 lakh mark on August 23.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 4,66,79,145 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country as on September 3, including 11,69,765 on Thursday.