Coronavirus: COVID-19 cases have been rising in India, though recovery rate has improved

New Delhi:

India reported 22,752 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total so far to 7,42,417, government data shows. The number of death has risen to 20,642 with 482 deaths in the last 24 hours. A total of 4,56,831 have recovered and the recovery rate is 61.53 per cent. The rate of patients testing positive is 8.66 per cent.