Coronavirus cases saw an increase of 62,212 new cases, as active cases fell below the 8 lakh mark for the first time in 1.5 months, the Union Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.
India recovered 70,816 coronavirus patients in the past 24 hours. India had 837 registered deaths in the last 24 hours.
The total count of covid cases in India is 74,32,681, including 7,95,087 active cases, 65,24,596 cured / discharged / migrated cases and 1,12,998 deaths, the Union Health Ministry reported.
“India reaches an unprecedented peak. ACTIVE CASES fall below the 8L mark for the first time in 1.5 months,” the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said in a tweet.
“This significant achievement is the result of the strategies led by the Center leading to a high number of RECOVERIES and a steady decline in the number of FATALITIES,” he said in another tweet.
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