India reports 50,848 new COVID19 cases, 1,358 deaths

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New Delhi: India reported 50,848 new COVID19 cases and 1,358 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said today.

With this increase, the total Covid death toll has gone up to 3,90,660 while the cumulative active cases are 6,43,194.

According to the data available, nearly 68,817 patients have been discharged in the last 24 hrs, taking the total number of recovered cases to 2,89,94,855.

Yesterday, the country reported 42,640, which was the lowest in 91 days.

The single-day deaths reported yesterday were 1,167.

On Monday, the country reported 53,256 new cases, the lowest single-day Covid figure in 88 days and 1422 single day deaths reported.

On Sunday, after 81 days, the count of fresh Covid cases in India dropped below 60,000, with 58,419 single-day cases being reported in 24 hours along with 1576 deaths.

On Saturday last, the country recorded 60,753 new Covid cases and 1,647 deaths in 24 hours.

On Friday, India recorded 62,480 new COVID19 cases and 1,587 deaths in 24 hours.

A day earlier, the country registered 67,208 new COVID-19 cases and 2,330 deaths in 24 hours.