New Delhi, 17 September (H.S.): The number of corona patients in the country has crossed 51 lakh. In the last 24 hours, 97,894 new cases of corona have been reported. With this, the number of corona patients has increased to 51,18,254. Besides, as many as 1,132 people have died of corona in the last 24 hours taking toll to 83,198.
There are 10,09,976 active patients in the country, said the Union Health Ministry. It also said that around 40,25,080 patients have been recovered from Corona so far. The country’s recovery rate has increased to 78.64 percent.
In view of the increasing cases of Corona, its number of tests has also increased. As many as 11,36,613 samples were examined in the last 24 hours in the country. With this, a total of 6,05,65,728 tests have been made in the country so far.
