Covid-19: Almost 49k cases in 24 hours in India; death toll above 31k
India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past 13 lakhs on Saturday, just two days after it crossed the 12 lakh mark
New Delhi: India's Covid-19 tally zoomed past 13 lakhs on Saturday, just two days after it crossed the 12 lakh mark, while the recoveries mounted to 8,49,431.
With 48,916 fresh cases, the country's coronavirus infection tally surged to 13,36,861, while the death toll rose to 31,358 with 757 more people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours.
There are currently 4,56,071 active cases of Covid-19 in the country. Thus, around 63.54 per cent people have recovered so far.
This is the third consecutive day when Covid-19 cases increased by more than 45,000.
Assam, Chhattisgarh and Odisha have reported six fatalities each, followed by Punjab five deaths, Kerala and Haryana four each, Bihar and Jharkhand three each and Puducherry, Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland have recorded one fatality each.