Within three days India recorded more than one lakh cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) taking the tally over one million mark with over 25,000 fatalities, the Union Health Ministry data revealed on Friday.
India recorded its highest spike of 34,956 Covid-19 cases and 687 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 10,03,832 cases with a death toll of 25,602 fatalities across the country due to the pandemic.
Within three days from Tuesday (July 14) till Friday, the total number of new cases reached over a lakh.On July 14, India crossed the tally of nine lakh cases.
According to Health Ministry data, as many as 6,35,757 patients have recovered, almost twice the number of active patients at 3,42,473. The rate of recovery has touched 63.33 per cent.
India, however, remains the third worst-affected country after the US and Brazil.
Jammu and Kashmir has 12,156 positive cases, while 224 people have died of the coronavirus.
On the global front, the overall number of Covid-19 cases has topped 13.7 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 5,89,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.