NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 tally of cases sprinted past 47 lakh with 94,372
new infections
being reported in a day, while 37,02,595 people have recuperated taking the national recovery rate to 77.88 per cent on Sunday, according to the
Union health ministry data
.
The total
coronavirus cases mounted to 47,54,356, while the death toll climbed to 78,586 with 1,114 people succumbing to the infection in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The
Covid-19 case fatality rate
due to the coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.65 per cent.
There are 9,73,175 active cases of Covid-19 in the country which comprises 20.47 per cent of the
total caseload
, the data stated.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and it went past 40 lakh on September 5.
According to the
ICMR
, a cumulative total of 5,62,60,928 samples have been tested up to September 12 with 10,71,702 samples being tested on Saturday.