On Thursday, 62,282 more people defeated the virus recovered from it, pushing the total number of recoveries to 21,58,946. The total cases are inclusive of 6,92,028 active cases and 21,58,947 patients who have been cured/discharged or have migrated. India crossed the 29 lakh cases in over 200 days since the emergence of the first case on January 30. Tamil Nadu has a total of 53,283 active cases and 6,239 deaths while Andhra Pradesh has a total of 87,177 active cases and 3,001 deaths. The total number of samples tested up to 20th August is 3,34,67,237 including 8,05,985 samples tested yesterday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday.

Source: dna August 21, 2020 07:18 UTC