New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, India recorded over 90,000 Coronavirus cases and crossed the 46-lakh mark.
According to Union Health Ministry data released this morning, the country saw a record single-day 97,570 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally to 46,59,984.
The death toll climbed to 77,472 with 1,201 people succumbing to the infection in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
As many as 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, the data said.
The Covid-19 case fatality rate due to the Coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.66 per cent.
There are 9,58,316 active cases of Covid-19 in the country which comprises 20.56 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August and it went past 40 lakh on 5 September.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 5,51,89,226 samples have been tested up to 11 September with 10,91,251 samples being tested on Friday.