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India's COVID-19 tally crosses 17 lakh mark with over 54,000 cases in last 24 hrs

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 02, 2020, at 04:40 pm

#India #Coronavirus #CasesCross17Lakhs

New Delhi/IBNS: With the registration of 54,735 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus tally on Sunday crossed the grim milestone of 17 lakh mark.

As per the Union Health Ministry bulletin, the country presently has 17,50,723 infections of the deadly virus. The death toll jumped to 37,364 with 853 death recorded in the last 24 hours.

#CoronaVirusUpdates: #COVID19 India Tracker
(As on 2 August, 2020, 08:00 AM)

?? Confirmed cases: 1,750,723
?? Active cases: 567,730
?? Cured/Discharged/Migrated: 1,145,629
?? Deaths: 37,364#IndiaFightsCorona #StayHome #StaySafe @ICMRDELHI

Via @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/ouHCvTCFKL
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) August 2, 2020

Meanwhile, 11.45 lakh patients have recovered taking the recovery rate to 65.43 per cent as of Sunday.

India so far conducted tests on 1,98,21,831 samples.

#CoronaVirusUpdates:#COVID19 testing status update:@ICMRDELHI stated that 1,98,21,831 samples tested upto August 01, 2020.

4,63,172 sample tested on August 01, 2020#StaySafe #IndiaWillWin pic.twitter.com/RsuRykHjBW
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) August 2, 2020

According to the government, there has been a steady improvement in India's COVID-19 recovery rate since lockdown initiation on March 25.

????#CoronaVirusUpdates:

?India's #COVID19 recovery rate improves to 65.44% as on August 2, 2020

????Steady improvement in India's COVID-19 recovery rate since #lockdown initiation on March 25, 2020#IndiaFightsCorona @ICMRDELHI

Via @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/wRWJ8XRvP0
— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) August 2, 2020

Globally the contagion has affected the lives of 17.5 million including 685,054 deaths.

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