India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 40,858,241 on Saturday as 235,532 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours across the country, showed the country’s health ministry data.
Besides, 871 deaths due to the virus were reported since Friday morning took the total death toll to 493,198.
There are still 2,004,333 active COVID-19 cases in the country despite a fall of 101,278 active cases during the last 24 hours.
This was the fifth consecutive day when the number of active cases declined in the country.
A total of 38,360,710 people have been successfully recovered and discharged from hospitals so far, out of which 335,939 were discharged during the last 24 hours.
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