New Delhi: As many as 48,916 new Coronavirus cases were reported in India. With this, the infection rate has crossed 13-lakh mark.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the coronavirus tally has touched 13,36,861. The death toll rose to 31,358 with 757 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
While the total recoveries stands at 8,49,431, there are currently 4,56,071 active cases of COVID-19 in the country. Thus, around 63.54 per cent people have recovered so far.
This is the third consecutive day when COVID-19 cases increased by more than 45,000.
Of the 757 deaths reported, 278 were from Maharashtra, 108 from Karnataka, 88 from Tamilnadu, 59 from Uttar Pradesh, 49 from Andhra Pradesh, 35 from West Bengal, 32 from Delhi, 26 from Gujarat, 14 from Jammu and Kashmir, 11 from Madhya Pradesh and eight each from Rajasthan and Telangana.
Assam, Chhattisgarh and Odisha have reported six fatalities each, followed by Punjab five deaths, Kerala and Haryana four each, Bihar and Jharkhand three each, and Puducherry, Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland one fatality each.