NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,990,991 today, as 3,116 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 47 deaths from the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 515,850.
The figure came after several months, when the number of deaths from the pandemic fell below 50.
There are still 38,069 active cases in the country, with a fall of 2,490 cases in the past 24 hours. This was the 48th consecutive day when the number of active cases declined in the country.
So far, 42,437,072 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, of whom 5,559 were discharged during the past 24 hours.