India records 4,03,738 new COVID-19 cases and 2,42,362 deaths so far

Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 37,36,648, comprising 16.76 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 82.15 per cent.

India recorded 4,03,738 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day, which pushed the tally to 2,22,96,414, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 2,42,362 with 4,092 daily deaths, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 37,36,648, comprising 16.76 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 82.15 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,83,17,404 with 3,86,444 patients recovering in a day, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent, the data stated.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7^th August, 2020; 30 lakh on 23^rd August; 40 lakh on 5^th September and 50 lakh on 16^th September.

It went past 60 lakh on 28^th September, 70 lakh on 11^th October, crossed 80 lakh on 29^th October 29, 90 lakh on 20^th November and surpassed the one-crore mark on 19^th December.

Further, the country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on 4^th May, 2021.

Besides, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 30,22,75,471 samples have been tested up to 8^th May, 2021.