India 2nd In Corona Tests, But An Annoying Milestone

India has crossed the 1 million (10 lakh) Coronavirus cases mark, becoming the third country in the world to record more than a million cases after the US and Brazil. India's total COVID-19 caseload stands at 10,03,832, with total cases rising by 34,956 in the last 24 hours.

The total number of active cases, however, stands at just 3,42, 473 with the country adding 11,327 cases in the past 24 hours. The total number of recoveries increased to 6,35,756, with 22,942 patients cured in the past 24 hours. The death toll rose by 687 in the last 24 hours to an overall tally of 25,602.

The increase in the death toll is the second biggest-spike. India's recovery rate has improved to 63.33 percent, while the gap between recoveries and active cases has widened to 2.93 lakh. It took 110 days for the COVID-19 cases in the country to reach one lakh and just 59 days more to go past the 10-lakh mark; just 3 days from 9 lakh to 10-lakh cases.

After the US, which has carried out a record 42 million COVID-19 tests, India has done the second largest number of 12 million Coronavirus tests.