With 28,498 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 9 lakh

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ With 28,498 fresh cases recorded in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past 9 lakh on Tuesday, just three days after it crossed the eight-lakh mark, according to the Union health ministry data.

The total coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 9,06,752 and the death toll mounted to 23,727 with 553 people succumbing to the disease in 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am on Tuesday showed.

Of the total instances of the infection, the number of recoveries stood at 5,71,459, leaving 3,11,565 cases active. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners.”Thus, around 63.02 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said.

The march of coronavirus infection in the country has picked up pace with the number of cases increasing by more than 26,000 for the fifth consecutive day.