Coronavirus: With 94,372 fresh cases, Covid-19 tally in India crosses 4.7 million-mark

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New Delhi - The Covid-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.65 per cent.

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Published: Sun 13 Sep 2020, 9:06 AM

Last updated: Sun 13 Sep 2020, 3:17 PM

India's Covid-19 tally of cases sprinted past 4.7 million with 94,372 new infections being reported in a day, while 37,02,595 people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate to 77.88 per cent on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 47,54,356, while the death toll climbed to 78,586 with 1,114 people succumbing to the infection in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The Covid-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.65 per cent.
There are 9,73,175 active cases of Covid-19 in the country which comprises 20.47 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 3 million on August 23 and it went past 4 million on September 5.
The ministry attributed India's Covid-19 recovery pace to aggressive testing and prompt surveillance, but experts say India needs to test more due to its huge population. It's climbed to the second worst-hit country behind the United States, and is now testing more than 1 million people every day.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 5,62,60,928 samples have been tested up to September 12 with 10,71,702 samples being tested on Saturday.
India's Parliament is expected to resume work on Monday with strict physical distancing. Parliament adjourned in March just before a nationwide lockdown was announced to contain the pandemic.
The harsh lockdown caused a severe economic crisis, with India's economy contracting nearly 24 per cent  in the second quarter, the worst among the world's top economies.


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