India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past 69 lakh with 70,496 fresh cases in a span of 24 hours, while over 59 lakh people have recovered from the disease so far, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Saturday.
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The total coronavirus cases rose to 69,06,152 with 70,496 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll reached 1,06,490 after 964 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
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The total recoveries surged to 59,06,070 in the country, pushing the nation's recovery rate to 85.02%.
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The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.55%.
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There are 8,93,592 active cases in the country which comprise 13.44% of the total caseload, the data stated.
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According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 8,46,34,680 samples have been tested up to October 8 with 11,68,705 samples being tested on Thursday.
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