According to Union health ministry update on Monday morning, 82,170 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (in the last 24 hours) has been recorded in India, due to which the nationwide tally has been pushed above 60 lakhs.

In just 11 days, the latest million cases came.

The health ministry data showed that out of the 60,74,703 cases, 50,16,521 patients have been cured or discharged from hospitals while 9,62,640 are still active.

In the last 24 hours, at least 1,039 people succumbed which pushed the death toll to 95,542.

Meanwhile, 3,292 new cases of the disease have been recorded in Delhi which pushed the number of infections in the national capital to 2,71,114. Delhi reported more than 40 deaths due to Covid-19 for the second consecutive day on Sunday.

This has increased the number of death up to 5,235 in the national capital.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the health ministry said that India recorded 10 lakh recoveries in the last 11 days.

“India’s total recoveries cross the landmark milestone of 50 lakh. The rise from 1 lakh in June ‘20 has been steep. The last 10 lakh recoveries were added in just 11 days,” the health ministry said on Twitter.

Recovered cases have outpaced active cases by over, it added.

The accumulative total samples tested till September 26 is 7,12,57,836. On 26th September, 9,87,861, samples had been tested, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

In terms of Covid-19 cases after the US, India is the second- worst hit country, while it is in the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil.