NEW DELHI: With 13,734 fresh coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen to 4,40,50,009, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday, August 2.

The death toll has crossed to 5,26,430 with 27 new death, the data updated at 8 am, showed. 
The active cases have fallen to 1,39,792. They consist of  0.32% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.49%, the ministry said. A decrease of 4,197 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Historical Data: On August 7, 2020, India's COVID-19 total had reached 20 lakh, on August 23, it reached 30 lakh, on September 5 it reached 40 lakh, and on September 16 it reached 50 lakh. It exceeded the 60 lakh threshold on September 28, the 70 lakh threshold on October 11, the 80 lakh threshold on October 29, the 90 lakh threshold on November 20, and the 1 crore threshold on December 19. 

On May 4 and June 23 of last year, the nation reached the depressing two and three-crore populations, respectively. On January 25 of this year, the four-crore threshold was crossed.

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