As many as 86,432 people were detected with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the data of Health Ministry showed on September 05, pushing the confirmed infections past 40 lakh-mark.
1,089 deaths in the same period took the COVID casualties figure to 69,561.
The active cases are 8.46 lakh.
More than 31 lakh people have overcome the virus.
According the ICMR, India tested 10.59 lakh samples on September 04.
