COVID-19 Death Toll In India Crosses 28K Mark, Positive Tally At 1155191

New Delhi: India recorded 37,148 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 1155191, while the total number of recoveries increased to 724577, according to Union health ministry data on Tuesday.

The death toll due to the disease rose to 28,084 with 587 fatalities in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed.

India records a spike of 37,148 new #COVID19 cases & 587 deaths in the last 24 hours

Total positive cases stand at 11,55,191 including 4,02,529 active cases, 7,24,578 cured/migrated & 28084 deaths:

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There are 4,02,529 active cases of the coronavirus infection currently in the country, while 7,24,577 people have recovered till now. Thus, 62.72 per cent people have recovered so far, it said.

This is the sixth consecutive day when COVID-19 cases increased by more than 30,000.

1,43,81,303 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 20th July. Of these 3,33,395 were tested yesterday informed, Indian Council of Medical Research.

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Of the 587 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 176 are from Maharashtra, 72 from Karnataka, 70 from Tamil Nadu, 54 from Andhra Pradesh, 46 from Uttar Pradesh, 35 each from West Bengal and Delhi, 20 from Gujarat, 17 from Madhya Pradesh and 10 from Jammu and Kashmir.

Nine fatalities have been reported from Rajasthan, followed by eight in Punjab, seven in Telangana, six each in Haryana and Odisha, four in Jharkhand, three in Uttarakhand, two each in Tripura and Meghalaya, and one each in Assam, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Puducherry.

(PTI)

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