NEW DELHI : India saw a record single-day spike of 95,735 infections and 1,172 deaths taking India's covid-19 caseload past 44 lakh.The number of fatalities from covid-19 crossed the 75,000 mark with 1,172 deaths in the past 24 hours and taking the total to 75,062, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The total cases mounted to 44,65,863, the ministry data updated The fatality rate has dropped to 1.68 per cent while the recovery rate was at 77.74 per cent.There are 9,19,018 active cases in the country which comprise 20.58 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh mark on August 7, it went past 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.Maharashtra continues to be the worst.