India had crossed the 9.7 million recovery mark on December 25, with the total recovered cases being 9,717,834 on the day. Earlier in the day, the health ministry shared a graph, showing India’s progression from 100,000 to 9.7 million recoveries. The country crossed the 1 million mark on July 30, 2 million on August 19, 3 million on September 4 and 4 million on September 17. The 5 million mark was achieved on September 28, followed by the 6 million, 7 million, 8 million, 9 million, and, finally, the 9.7 million mark on October 11, October 24, November 11, December 9 and December 25 respectively. The country’s total Covid-19 tally on the day it reached 100,302 recoveries was 207,615, which meant a recovery rate of 48.31%.

Source: Hindustan Times December 28, 2020 06:04 UTC