India's fresh coronavirus infections exceeded daily recoveries for the fifth straight day amid concerns over an impending third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
India added 41,831 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to over 3.2 crore in the world's second-most populous country, according to the Health Ministry's update as of 8 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2021. That surpassed 39,258 people who recovered in a day, causing the active cases to inch up slightly.
Key figures:
Total confirmed cases: 3,16,55,824.
Total number of active cases: 4,10,952.
Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,08,20,521.
Total deaths: 4,24,351.
Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 41,831.
One-day recoveries: 39,258.
One-day deaths: 541.
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