With nearly 39k cases in 24 hrs, India's Covid-19 tally climbs to 1.07 mn

This is the fourth consecutive day that Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 30,000

India saw a record single-day jump of 38,902 Covid-19 cases pushing its tally to 1,077,618 on Sunday, while the total number of recoveries increased to 677,422, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The death toll due to the disease rose to 26,816 with new 543 fatalities even as 23,672 patients have recuperated in the past 24 hours, the highest so far in a day,the data updated at 8 am showed.

There are 373,379 active cases presently in the country. The total number of confirmed cases