KATHMANDU: Coronavirus cases in India have climbed to more than 1.3 million after 48,916 Covid-19 cases and 757 fatalities were reported in a single day.
India, the third worst-hit country in the world after the United States and Brazil, now has 13,36,861 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 31,358 people have succumbed to the deadly virus till Saturday morning, India media reported
The number of Covid-19 cases saw a slight dip after India reported record new infections for two days in a row—45,720 on Thursday and 49,310 on Friday.
There are 456,071 active cases of the respiratory disease and 849,431 patients have been cured so far, according to the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard.
With 32,223 people discharged from hospitals between Friday and Saturday morning, India saw another highest single-day recovery for the fourth consecutive day. The recovery rate has now reached a new high of 63.53%.
The cumulative Covid-19 recoveries had crossed the 8 lakh-mark on Friday.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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