India adds nearly 70,000 new covid 19 patients.

India on Thursday reported its biggest single-day rise of 69,652 in total count of coronavirus to take its tally to 2,836,925. The country’s Covid-19 death toll reached 53,866, with 977  deaths  being reported in a day.

Now India is the third-most-affected country by covid 19 cases  and fourth by death toll,

India has added 437,635 cases in the past 7 days alone.

 

 

Source:Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday (August 20, 2020)