Nearly 49,000 Fresh Covid-19 Take India’s Tally to 13.36 lakh Recovered 8 Lakh Death 31,358

Nearly 49,000 Fresh Covid-19 Take India’s Tally to 13.36 lakh Recovered 8 Lakh Deaths 31,358

India, the third worst-hit country in the world after the United States and Brazil, now has 13,36,861 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 31,358 people have succumbed till date, Union health ministry data showed on Saturday.

The country’s tally of the coronavirus disease mounted to more than 1.3 million after 48,916 Covid-19 cases and 757 fatalities due to the viral disease were reported in the last 24 hours.

The number of Covid-19 cases saw a slight dip after India reported record new infections for two days in a row—45,720 on Thursday and 49,310 on Friday.

There are 456,071 active cases of the respiratory disease and 849,431 patients have been cured so far, according to the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard.

With 32,223 people discharged from hospitals between Friday and Saturday morning, India saw another highest single-day recovery for the fourth consecutive day. The recovery rate has now reached a new high of 63.53%.

The cumulative Covid-19 recoveries had crossed the 8 lakh-mark on Friday.HT