New Delhi: India has set yet another grim record by registering as many as 3,86,452 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far.
With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the country jumped to 1,87,62,976, while active cases crossed the 31-lakh mark.
According to the Union Health Ministry data, the death toll suged to 2,08,330 with 3,498 daily new fatalities.
The active cases have risen to 31,70,228 comprising 16.90 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 81.99 per cent.
Meanwhile, the number of people who have recovered from the virus surged to 1, 53,84,418. The case fatality rate stands 1.11 per cent.