Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 17: The number of COVID-19 cases in India increased to 4,37,50,599 with 20,528 new coronavirus infections reported in a single day, while the number of active cases increased to 1,43,449, according to data updated on Sunday by the Union Health Ministry.
49 more fatalities brought the total number of deaths to 5,25,709, according to data updated at 8 am.
The government reported that the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 percent, while the active cases make up 0.33 percent of all infections.
In the last 24 hours, there has been an increase of 2,689 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload.
On August 7, 2020, India’s COVID-19 total had reached 20 lakh, on August 23, it reached 30 lakh, on September 5 it reached 40 lakh, and on September 16 it reached 50 lakh.
It exceeded the 60 lakh threshold on September 28, the 70 lakh threshold on October 11, the 80 lakh threshold on October 29, the 90 lakh threshold on November 20, and the 1 crore threshold on December 19. On May 4 and June 23 of last year, the nation reached the depressing two and three crore population, respectively. On January 25 of this year, the four-crore threshold was crossed.
