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India's upward surge in cases continued for the second day on Thursday after a four-month low. In the past 24 hours, India has logged 43,509 fresh infections and at least 640 deaths. The country has 4,03,840 active cases. There were also 38,465 recoveries in the last 24 hours which brings the recovery rate up to 97.38 percent, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. Ramping up the testing capacity, 46.26 crore tests have been conducted so far, which has restricted the weekly and daily positivity rates below 5 percent — 2.38 and 2.52 percent respectively, as per a health ministry release. India's  COVID-19  tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one-crore mark on 19 December. The caseload crossed the grim milestone of 2 crores on 4 May and