July 23, 2020: The COVID-19 tally in India rose to 1,238,635 on Thursday after over 45,000 fresh cases were registered within a span of 24 hours. The death toll also increased from 28,732 to 29,861.

Currently, there are 4, 26,167 active cases in the country whereas 7, 82,606 patients have been recovered.

Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra have climbed to 3.37 lakh, highest among all states in the country while coronavirus cases in Delhi have gone up to 1.26 lakh. Tamil Nadu, which is the second worst-hit state in India, has recorded 1.86 lakh coronavirus cases.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said so far 1.50 crore samples have been tested while 3,50,823 samples were tested on Wednesday itself.

Globally, as many as 15,177,447 people have been infected with the novel coronavirus. While 622,183 fatalities have been recorded, 8,608,400 others have recovered till now.