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A huge spike of 61,537 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours has taken India's tally to 20,88,611, the Union Health Ministry said this morning, adding that over 14.27 lakh patients have recovered so far. 

More than 42,000 deaths linked to the highly infectious disease have been recorded by the country; 933 patients dies in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate stood at 68.32 per cent this morning, an improvement from yesterday's 67.98 per cent. 

The positivity rate - an indicator to assess the prevalence of the disease-  10.28 as compared to yesterday's 10.88 per cent. 

Publish Time: 08 August 2020
TP News

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