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COVID-19: 67,708 new cases take India's virus tally to 73,07,097

New Delhi
October 15, 2020

India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 73.07 lakhs with 67,708 new cases in a day, while 63,83,441 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 87.35 % on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The total Coronavirus cases mounted to 73,07,097 and the death toll climbed to 1,11,266 with the novel Coronavirus claiming 680 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.52 %. There are 8,12,390 active cases of Coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 11.11 % of the total caseload, the data stated.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 9,12,26,305 samples have been tested up to October 14 with 11,36,183 samples being tested on Wednesday.