India's Covid-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recovered
New Delhi: India's Covid-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recovered so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday.
The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,613, while the death toll climbed to 71,642 with 1,016 fatalities being reported in a span of 24 hours.
The Covid-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.70 per cent.
There are 8,82,542 active cases of the infection in the country which comprises 20.99 per cent of the total caseload, as per the data.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 30-lakh mark on August 23 and it went past 40 lakh on September 5.