Record 97,894 infections pushes India’s COVID-19 tally to over 51 lakh

India reported a record daily jump of 97,894 COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, taking its tally past the 51-lakh mark, the Union Health Ministry data on Thursday said. The number of coronavirus cases in the country now stand at 51,18,253.

On Thursday, India reported 1,132 deaths linked to the virus, taking the total number of fatalities to 83,198.

The total recoveries surged to 40,25,079 while the active cases of COVID-19 crossed 10 lakh for the first time.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection was recorded at 1.63 per cent.

There are 10,09,976 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 19.73 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and and it went past 50 lakh on September 16.

According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 6,05,65,728 samples have been tested up to September 16 with 11,36,613 samples being tested on Wednesday.