New Delhi: The single-day rise of new Covid-19 cases in India on Saturday is the country’s highest tally so far this year.
It recorded 24,882 cases, showing eight per cent increase since Friday. There were 140 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry. With it the cumulative tally rose to 1,13,33,728 while the toll reached 1,58,446.
The infection level in the country is back to what it was in December as it soared to 1.78 per cent from 1.55 within a week.
In the last four days, the number of fatalities has spiked, which earlier was hovering under 100.
As per the Ministry’s data, the active cases present in the country have breached 2-lakh. It was reported 2,02,022 on Saturday.
With the discharge of 19,957 patients in a day, a total of 1,09,73, 260 persons have been discharged so far.
