Covid-19: India crosses 3-crore mark


New Delhi: With 50,848 fresh infections, India crossed the 3-crore mark.

According to Union Health Ministry data updated this morning, the Covid-19 total tally mounted to 3,00,28,709. The death toll climbed to 3,90,660 with 1,358 fresh fatalities.

India’s total Covid-19 infections had surpassed the one-crore mark on 19 December after which it took around 136 days to cross the 2-crore mark on 4 May.

The active cases further declined to 6,43,194 comprising 2.14 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 96.56 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

A net decline of 19,327 cases has been recorded in the Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.