NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,855,745 in India as 52,050 new cases and 803 deaths were registered during the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 38,938, showed the data released by the health ministry.
Tuesday was the sixth consecutive day when over 50,000 fresh cases were detected across the country in a single day.
There are a total of 586,298 active COVID-19 cases in the country. So far 1,230,509 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals, said the health ministry.
The sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in India is mainly attributed to the ramped-up testing facilities across the country. Till Monday, 20,864,750 samples had been tested, out of which 661,892 samples were tested on Monday alone, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Enditem
