COVID-19: Many states in India have banned sale of firecrackers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi:
With a daily positivity rate of 4.6 per cent, India recorded 50,356 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours and 577 deaths linked to COVID-19, government data released this morning shows. There are now a total of 84,62,080 Covid cases in the country.
A total of 1,25,562 people have lost their lives to the coronavirus disease since January 30, when India reported its first case of COVID-19 infection.
Total recoveries surges past the 78 lakh mark as 53,920 people fought off the highly contagious disease, pushing the recovery rate to 92.4 per cent.
Active coronavirus cases in India now stand at 5,16,632.
