The single day rise in new coronavirus infections inched closer to 3 lakh pushing India's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,56,16,130

New Delhi: The single day rise in new coronavirus infections inched closer to 3 lakh pushing India's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 1,56,16,130, while the death toll increased to 1,82,553 with a record 2,023 daily fatalities.

A total of 2,95,041 fresh infections were registered in a span of 24 hours, while the active cases crossed the 21-lakh mark.

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Registering a steady increase for the 42nd in a row, the active cases have increased to 21,57,538, comprising 13.82 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has dropped to 85.01 per cent.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,32,76,039, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.17 per cent, as per the data.

Coronavirus India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 60-lakh mark on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.