India saw a record single day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections pushing the overall count to 1,83,76,524, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.
The toll increased to 2,04,832 with a record 3,645 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.11%.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 30,84,814 comprising 16.79% of the total infections, Firsrt Post reported.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1, 50, 86,878. With this, the national recovery rate has further dropped to 82.10%.
According to the ICMR, 28,44,71,979 COVID-19 samples have been tested up to 28 April with 17,68,190 samples being tested on Wednesday alone.
