New Delhi, Mar 8: India records 3,993 fresh Coronavirus cases, the lowest in 662 days, thus taking the total tally to 4,29,71,308.
According to Union Health Ministry data updated this morning, the country’s Covid-19 death toll climbed to 5,15,210 with 108 fresh fatalities. The active cases has dipped to 49,948.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,24,06,150 and the cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive has exceeded 179.13 crore.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 2020, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one-crore mark on 19 December. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on 4 May and three crore on 23 June last year.
The Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.