New Delhi: India registered 1,03,558 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest ever single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic last year, taking the total tally to 1,25,89,067 on Monday.
Daily cases in India had peaked on September 16, 2020, with 97,894 people testing positive for the virus in a single day.
Monday’s figure is the highest spike since the first case was detected in the country last January.
The active cases have currently increased to 7,41,830 comprising 5.89 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 92.80 per cent.
On Monday, the death toll increased to 1,65,101 with 478 new fatalities.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 1,16,82,136, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.31 per cent, according to official data.
