India's corona cases: 54,735 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours

NEW DELHI: With 54,735 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India on Sunday crossed the 17 lakh mark with an overall 17,50,723 cases.

A total of 853 deaths were also reported in this period.

Out of the total 17,50,723 cases, 5,67,730 cases were active, 11,45,629 people recovered from the disease and were discharged, while 37,364 persons have lost their lives in the fight against the deadly virus. Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with total number of cases crossing 4,20,000, with 14,994 deaths out of which 265 occurred in the last 24 hours.

Tamil Nadu comes in second with 2,45,859 cases and 3,935 deaths. The state registered 97 fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Amid the grim situation, good news was coming in from Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh which saw a decline in the number of active cases.

While Delhi reported 37 less cases in the last 24 hours, Haryana's active case count went down by 180 and Himachal Pradesh's by 14 cases.

Mizoram, Tripura and Uttarakhand too saw a decline in the number of active cases.

With a recovery rate of 64.53 per cent, a total of 51,255 people were discharged in last 24 hours, fresh data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revealed, adding that the fatality rate remained at 2.15 per cent. (IANS)

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