New Delhi, Aug 16: As many as 944 more people died of COVID-19 across the country during the last 24 hours, thus taking the death toll to 49,980. Total number of people infected by the virus stand at 25,89,682, the Union Health Ministry’s update said this morning.
A total of 2,93,09,703 samples have been tested for COVID as per the Indian Council of Medical Research till Saturday.
However, the active cases of the contagion are now at 6,77,444 across the country, as per government data.
India’s COVID-19 death toll nears 50000 mark
