<span style="color: #222222;">The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 26 lakh 47 thousand 664. The Health Ministry said, there has been a spike of 57 thousand 982 cases and 941 deaths were reported in India in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases stand at 6 lakh 76 thousand 900 active cases.<br />''<br />''India has reported highest single day recoveries of 57,584. The overall recovery rate from Covid -19 has crossed 72 per cent. The recoveries surged to 19 lakh 19 thousand 8 hundred 42. The death toll due to coronavirus infection climbed to 50 thousand 9 hundred 21. The case fatality rate has declined to 1.92 per cent.  <br />''<br />''The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said it has so far tested three crore forty one thousand and four hundred COVID-19 samples across India. Of these 7 lakh 31 thousand 697 coronavirus tests were conducted yesterday alone. </span>