UPDATE - Number Of COVID-19 Cases In India Rises By 34,457 Over Past 24 Hours - Health Ministry

NEW DELHI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st August, 2021) India has confirmed 34,457 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 32,393,286, the country's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.

The death toll from the disease has reached 433,964 people, with 375 new fatalities being recorded over the past day.

More than 31.59 million people have recovered in India since the start of the outbreak.

A day earlier, the country confirmed 36,571 new coronavirus cases, with 540 fatalities.

India comes second in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the United States with more than 37.61 million patients.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 210.82 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 4.41 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.