In the highest single-day spike in 2021, India recorded 40,953 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, while 188 deaths took the toll to 1,59,558, the dashboard of the Union health ministry showed on Saturday at 8am. This is the highest surge in 111 days as on November 29, 41,810 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours. With this hike, the number of active cases in the country went past 2.8 lakh and settled at 2,88,394. The total tally on Saturday reached 11,555,284 — 2.36 per cent of which is active cases.
In the highest single-day spike in 2021, India recorded 40,953 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, while 188 deaths took the toll to 1,59,558, the dashboard of the Union health ministry showed on Saturday at 8am. This is the highest surge in 111 days as on November 29, 41,810 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours. With this hike, the number of active cases in the country went past 2.8 lakh and settled at 2,88,394. The total tally on Saturday reached 11,555,284 — 2.36 per cent of which is active cases.