India’s active COVID cases decline to 96,442

India

oi-PTI

New
Delhi,
Aug
24:
India
logged
10,649
new
coronavirus
infections
taking
the
total
tally
of
COVID-19
cases
to
4,43,68,195,
while
the
active
cases
declined
to
96,442,
according
to
the
Union
Health
Ministry
data
updated
on
Wednesday.

The
death
toll
has
climbed
to
5,27,452
with
36
fatalities
which
includes
four
deaths
reconciled
by
Kerala,
the
data
updated
at
8
am
stated.

The
active
cases
comprise
0.22
per
cent
of
the
total
infections,
while
the
national
COVID-19
recovery
rate
was
recorded
at
98.59
per
cent,
the
ministry
said.

A
decline
of
64
cases
has
been
recorded
in
the
active
COVID-19
caseload
in
a
span
of
24
hours.

Tamil
Nadu:
Active
COVID-19
cases
drop
by
100%
in
3
weeks

India’s
COVID-19
tally
had
crossed
the
20-lakh
mark
on
August
7,
2020,
30
lakh
on
August
23,
40
lakh
on
September
5
and
50
lakh
on
September
16.
It
went
past
60
lakh
on
September
28,
70
lakh
on
October
11,
crossed
80
lakh
on
October
29,
90
lakh
on
November
20
and
surpassed
the
one-crore
mark
on
December
19.

The
country
crossed
the
grim
milestone
of
two
crore
on
May
4
and
three
crore
on
June
23
last
year.
It
crossed
the
four-crore
mark
on
January
25
this
year.