India records 86,052 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
New Delhi: India's COVID19 tally crossed 58 lakh as 86,052 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health data.
In the past 24 hours, 1141 deaths due to the highly infectious disease were recorded.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 58,18,571.
As per official figures, there are 9,70,116 active cases, 47,56,165 cured/discharged/migrated and 92,290 deaths registered in the country till now, Xinhua reported.
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 32 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The global case count reached 32,048,333, with a total of 979,454 deaths worldwide as of 3:23 p.m. local time (1923 GMT), the CSSE data showed.
The United States reported the most cases and deaths around the world, which stood at 6,962,333 and 202,467, respectively. India recorded 5,732,518 cases, just shy of the U.S. caseload. Brazil followed India with 4,624,268 cases and 138,974 deaths, the world's second largest death toll.
Countries with more than 700,000 cases also include Russia, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Spain, while other countries with over 35,000 deaths include India, Mexico, Britain and Italy, according to the center.
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