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India’s COVID-19 Tally Crosses 32 Lakh; Death Toll at 59,449

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India's COVID-19 tally on Wednesday, 26 August crossed the 32 lakh-mark with 67,151 new cases in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 case tally in the country now stands at 32,34,475 including 7,07,267 active cases, 24,67,759 cured/discharged/migrated and 59,449 deaths.

India has exponentially scaled up its testing to 10 lakh per day in August, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

As the testing has increased, there has been a steady decline in the positivity rate in India, a Union health ministry official said at a briefing on Tuesday.

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Snapshot
  • Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said India and Russia are in touch regarding the ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine developed by the latter country, with initial information having been shared
  • Karnataka Congress State President DK Shivakumar has tested positive for COVID-19
  • Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 10,425 new COVID-19 cases and 329 fatalities, taking the tally in the state to 7,03,823
  • Delhi reported 1,544 new COVID-19 cases and 17 fatalities, taking the case tally in the national capital to 1,64,071 and the death toll to 4,330

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Published: 26 Aug 2020, 8:48 AM IST
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