Over 65,000 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 24 hours in India, crossing the 2.4 million mark.

India had recorded 66,999 new positive cases of COVID-19 on August 13, 2020.

India had recorded 66,999 new positive cases of COVID-19 on August 13, 2020.In a single day on August 13, India recorded 942 deaths. To date, the country has reported almost 2.4 million (23,96,637) COVID-19 positive cases and 47,033 deaths. 6,53,622 and 16,95,982 are the number of active cases and the number of discharges reported in India respectively.

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