India reports 48,698 new covid cases, 1,183 deaths

New Delhi, June 26: India reported 48,698 new COVID19 cases, taking the total tally to 3,01,83,143. With 1,183 new fatalities, the death toll stands at 3,94,493, according to data by union health ministry.

India saw a total of 64,818 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,91,93,085, the data showed. The number of active cases has further declined to 5,95,565.

Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 19 continuous days now, with a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

A net decline of 17,303is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases are now only 1.97% of the country's total Positive Cases.

As more people are getting recovered from COVID-19 infection, India's Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 44 consecutive days now. 64,818recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

More than 16,000(16,120) recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,91,93,085people have already recovered from COVID-19 and64,818patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.72%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19 last year.

The tally crossed the 2-crore mark on May 4.

India's COVID-19 caseload in past 7 days: