India recorded 26,291 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike in 85 days
New Delhi: India recorded 26,291 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, its highest single-day spike in 85 days, taking the country's infection tally to 1,13,85,339.
The death toll due to the disease increased to 1,58,725 with 118 more fatalities being recorded in a day.
Coronavirus
Registering an upward trend for five days in a row, the total active caseload has gone up to 2,19,262 which is 1.93 per cent of the total infections in the country, while the recovery rate has dropped to 96.68 per cent, as per the data.
As many as 26,624 infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on December 20.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,10,07,352, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.39 per cent.
Coronavirus
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 60-lakh mark on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
The 118 new fatalities include 50 from Maharashtra, 20 from Punjab and 15 from Kerala, the data showed.
