India saw a single-day increase of 47,905 infections taking the country's COVID-19 caseload to 86,83,916, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 80,66,501, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,28,121 with 550 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the second consecutive day. There are 4,89,294  active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 5.63 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.The total recoveries have surged to 80, 66,501 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.89 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.48 per cent.

India saw a single-day increase of 47,905 infections taking the country's COVID-19 caseload to 86,83,916, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 80,66,501, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,28,121 with 550 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.The number of active cases remained below 5 lakh for the second consecutive day. There are 4,89,294  active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 5.63 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.The total recoveries have surged to 80, 66,501 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.89 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.48 per cent.