India’s corona tally climbs to 4.73 lakh

New Delhi: The total number of coronavirus cases in India climbed to 4,73,105 and the death toll rose to 14,894 after recording 16,922 new cases and 418 deaths in the past 24 hrs, Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

During the last 24 hours, a total of 13,012 covid-19 patients have been cured, which has brought the total number of recovery cases to 2,71,696.

The recovery rate stands at 57.42 per cent.
Meanwhile, as many as 1,86,514 active cases are present in the country.

As per the Indian Council of Medical Research, 75,60,782 samples have been tested till Wednesday and 2,07,871 tests conducted in the past 24 hrs.