New Delhi: India recorded 7,240 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 8 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday (June 9), the country saw a total of 3,591 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.71 per cent and total recoveries data reached to 4,26,40,301.
The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 32,498, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 28,857. An increase of 3,641 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,24,723. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 85,38,63,238 samples have been tested up to June 8 for COVID-19. Of these 3,40,615 samples were tested on Wednesday.