In the month of September, India recorded 26,21,418 coronavirus cases accounting for 41.53% of the total of 63 lakh COVID-19 cases, reported PTI. India also witnessed 33,390 deaths due to coronavirus in the month of September, which is around 33.84% of the total 98,678 deaths that India has recorded so far.

September also witnessed 24,33,319 people recuperating from the novel coronavirus infection contributing to around 46.15% of the total 52,73,201 recoveries registered in the country.

India currently occupies number one position in terms of the number of recovered coronavirus cases followed by Brazil and the US, as per the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world.

India is the second worst-hit nation in terms of COVID-19 cases after the US, while it is in the third spot in terms of deaths globally after the US and Brazil, according to the JHU data.

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The first positive case of the coronavirus in Indian was reported from Kerala on January 30. Since then, India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16 and crossed 60 lakh on September 28.

It took 110 days for the COVID-19 cases in the country to reach the one-lakh mark and 59 days more to go past the 10-lakh post. The cases jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days, then in 16 more days to race past 30 lakh, 13 days more to cross the 40-lakh mark, 11 days to go past 50 lakh and 12 days to cross 60 lakh.

According to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am on Thursday, India’s COVID-19 cases mounted to 63,12,584 with 86,821 infections being reported in a day, while 52,73,201 people have recuperated so far from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 83.53 per cent.

The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 98,678 with the virus claiming 1,181 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

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According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 7,56,19,781 samples have been tested up to September 30 with 14,23,052 samples being tested on Wednesday.