@the_news_21
India recorded over 1.26 lakh new infections in 24 hours. The single-day rise in coronavirus cases breached the 1-lakh mark for the third time in four days. India reported 103,558 cases on April 5 and 115,736 infections on April 7.
A total of 1,26,789 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,66,862 with 685 daily new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry data showed.
Registering a steady increase for the 29th day in row, the active cases have increased to 9,10,319 comprising 7.04 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 91.67 per cent, the data stated.
As many as 59,258 people discharged/recovered from the disease during the same period. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,18,51,393, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.29 per cent, the data stated.
