Coronavirus cases in India mount to 7,909,959 with 45,148 new cases

Covid infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 50,000 for the second time this month, while the new fatalities registered during the same period fell under 500 after 108 days

New coronavirus infections reported in India in a span of 24 hours dropped below 50,000 for the second time this month, while the new fatalities registered during the same period fell under 500 after 108 days,according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday

India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to79,09,959 with45,148newinfections being reported in a day. The death toll climbed to 1,19,014 with 480 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

A totalof 71,37,228 people have recuperated from COVID-19 so far pushing thenational recovery rate to 90.23 per cent while thecasefatality rate hasdropped to 1.50 per cent.

The active cases of coronavirus infections remained below 7 lakh for four days in a row.

There are6,53,717 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 8.26 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 onAugust 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh onSeptember 16,60 lakh on September 28 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.

According to the ICMR, acumulative total of10,34,62,778 samples have beentested up toOctober 24 with9,39,309 samples being tested on Sunday.