The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have decreased to 49,636, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 50,342.
A decrease of 706 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said.
The total death toll in the country is now at 5,28,121. In India, the first death due to the COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 88,87,10,787 samples have been tested up to September 8 for COVID-19. Of these 3,16,504 samples were tested on Thursday.