India’s COVID-19 Case Tally Crosses 50 Lakh Mark

05:05 AM Sep 16, 2020 | G Plus News

India's COVID-19 case tally has crossed the 50-lakh mark. There was a spike of 90,123 new cases and 1,290 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. 
 

The total case tally stands at 50,20,360 including 9,95,933 active cases with 39,42,361 recovered and 82,066 deaths, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 


Amid the rising cases, the recovery rate has improved to 78.53%. 


India has ramped up testing with 11,16,842 tests done in the last 24 hours as revealed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.


The country has the second-highest number of cases in the world after the United States.