COVID-19 caseload in India crosses 30-lakh mark

India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in country so far pushing recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to Union Health Ministry data.

With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, country's COVID-19 caselo mounted to 30,44,940, while  death toll climbed to 56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours,  data updated at 8 am showed.

COVID-19 case fatality rate has declined to 1.86 per cent.

re are 7,07,668 active cases of coronavirus infection in country which comprises 23.24 per cent of total caselo, data stated.

India's COVID-19 tally h crossed 20-lakh mark on August 7.   According to ICMR, a cumulative total of 3,52,92,220 samples have been tested up to August 22, with 8,01,147 samples being tested on Saturday.