India recorded 1,660 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 4,100 deaths (deaths include backlog from some states) due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday (March 26), the country saw a total of 2,499 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.75 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,24,80,436.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have declined to 16,741 (0.05%) the ministry data showed today.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,20,855. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 78,63,02,714 samples have been tested up to March 25 for COVID-19. Of these 6,58,489 samples were tested on Friday.
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