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NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past 29 lakh, a day after it crossed 28 lakh, with a single day spike of 68,898 infections, while the recoveries have increased to 21,58,946 on Friday taking the recovery rate to over 74 %, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The total cases of Coronavirus infections mounted to 29,05,823 while the death toll climbed to 54,849 with 983 new fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours. Case fatality rate has declined to 1.89 % while the recovery rate has risen to 74.30 %.

There are 6,92,028 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which is 23.82 % of the total caseload, the data stated. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 3,34,67,237 samples have been tested up to August 20 with 8,05,985 samples being tested on Thursday.