On Wednesday, the total number of infected people in the country increased to more than 62 lakhs after the arrival of 80,472 new cases of Corona virus infection in India. At the same time, the number of people getting infection-free has also gone up to 51,87,825, bringing the recovery rate to 83.33 percent.
According to the latest data released by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am, the total infection cases in the country has increased to 62,25,763. While the death toll increased to 97,497 after the death of 1,179 more people. According to the data, 9,4,0,441 patients are still under treatment in the country for coronavirus, which is 15.11 percent of the total cases. The coronavirus death rate in the country is 1.57 percent.
In India, cases of COVID-19 had crossed 2 million on 7 August, 3 million on 23 August, 4 million on 5 September, 5 million on 16 September, and 6 million on 28 September. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 7,41,96,729 samples were tested till September 29 in the country, out of which 10,86,688 samples were tested on Tuesday.