Covid-19: 34,884 cases, 671 deaths reported in India in last 24 hours

New Delhi: Showing no signs of a slowdown, India recorded a spike of 34,884 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. With 671 casualties reported in a day, the death toll due to coronavirus has increased to 26,273.

The total number of positive cases now stands at 10,38,716, including 3,58,692 active cases and 6,53,751 cured/discharged/migrated patients, according to government data.

This is the seventh consecutive day when more than 28,000 cases were recorded.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said 1,34,33,742 samples were tested for COVID-19 till yesterday. Out of them 3,61,024 samples were tested yesterday.

India’s total confirmed cases had surpassed 1 million yesterday. India now has the third highest number of cases after the United States and Brazil. Global coronavirus infections passed 14 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the first time there has been a surge of 1 million cases in under 100 hours.