India has conducted a record high of 848,728 Covid-19 tests in the past 24 hours taking the cumulative number of tests to 2,76,94,416. India on Saturday reported a spike of 65,002 cases and 996 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the country's coronavirus tally to over 25.26 lakh. More than 18 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 71.61 per cent, Union health ministry data showed. In India, the coronavirus tally now stands at 25,26,193. In the past 24 hours, 996 patients infected with the coronavirus have died in the country. With 996 more deaths due to the coronavirus, India's death toll has climbed to 49,036, according to the health ministry.
Case fatality rate has declined to 1.94 per cent. The total coronavirus cases in India include 6,68,220 active cases, 18,08,937 discharged/migrated & 49,036 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.