NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll due to COVID-19 in India is inching towards the 100,000-mark, reaching 97,497 on Wednesday.
As many as 1,179 deaths were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the data released by the federal health ministry.
Meanwhile, 80,472 new COVID-19 cases took the total tally to 6,225,763, according to the data.
Still there are 940,441 active COVID-19 cases in the country, while 5,187,825 people have been cured and discharged.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data revealed that a total of 74,196,729 COVID-19 tests had been conducted till Tuesday, out of which 1,086,688 were conducted on Tuesday alone.
The federal health ministry said the country's COVID-19 recovery rate leaped past 83 percent on Tuesday.
