Covid-19 India Updates: New Cases Exceed Daily Recoveries For Fifth Straight Day

India’s fresh coronavirus infections exceeded daily recoveries for the fifth straight day amid concerns over an impending third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

India added 41,831 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to over 3.2 crore in the world’s second-most populous country, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2021. That surpassed 39,258 people who recovered in a day, causing the active cases to inch up slightly.

Key figures:

• Total confirmed cases: 3,16,55,824.

• Total number of active cases: 4,10,952.

• Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 3,08,20,521.

• Total deaths: 4,24,351.

• Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 41,831.

• One-day recoveries: 39,258.

• One-day deaths: 541.