New Delhi: India recorded 50,209 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the overall cases in the country to 83,64,086, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's data on Thursday.
With 55,331 new discharges in the last 24 hours, the total active cases reached 5,27,962 and the cumulative recoveries are now at 77,11,809.
The country's toll due to coronavirus surged to 1,24,315 after 704 new deaths.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 11,42,08,384 samples have been tested for coronavirus to November 4, of these, 12,09,425 samples were tested yesterday.
On Wednesday, the Union Health Ministry informed that the country's recovery rate reached 92.09 per cent while the case fatality rate stands at 1.49 per cent. (ANI)Yadav also spoke of price rise and complained that the BJP is not concerned about it.
"There has been an immense price rise. The price of onions has hit a century. BJP used to complain about it earlier but now has nothing to say about it," he said.
"Everybody is saying that Nitish is going to be deposed on November 10," he added.
The polling for the first and second phases of Bihar assembly elections was held on October 28 and November 3. The third phase of polling is scheduled to be held on November 7. The counting of votes will take place on November 10. (ANI)
