24,248 fresh cases of COVID-19 reported in India in last 24 hours
New Delhi: With a surge of 24,248 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India’s tally on Monday crossed the 6.97 lakh-mark.
With this, India has surpassed Russia to become the third worst-hit country in the world by the novel coronavirus.
Now, India is just behind Brazil and the US which have reported 15,78,376 and 29,54,999 coronavirus cases respectively.
According to the data available at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the deadly infection has affected 6,97,413 people in India.
Meanwhile, the country reported 425 fatalities during the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 19,693. The Union Health Ministry further said that there are 2,53,287 active coronavirus cases in India while the recovery rate stands at 60.85 per cent as 4,24,433 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
