COVID-19: Confirmed infections nearing 43 lakh-mark, over 5 crore samples tested

After reporting record breaking numbers for the past few days, India on September 08 saw a rise of 75,809 coronavirus cases and 1,133 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The country had reported a spike of more than 90,000 cases the previous day, however, the sharp decline is largely owed to low level of testing on September 06.

Total confirmed infections have risen to 42,80,423 out of which 8,83,697 are active, and 33,23,951 people have recovered from the deadly virus.

Covid related casualties have reached 72,775.

According to ICMR, country tested 10,98,621 samples for Covid-19 on September 07.

With this, India has now tested more than five crore samples since the outbreak started earlier this year.