New Delhi: As many as 96,982 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,26,86,049, said the Union health ministry on Tuesday morning.
In addition to this, 446 more people succumbed to the disease across the country in the same duration, taking the death toll to 1,65,547.
A total of 50,143 more people have recuperated from the disease. The total number of recoveries now stands at 1,17,32,279.
As a result, the number of active cases has reached 7,88,223, inching close to the eight-lakh mark again.
This marks a slight decline in new infections but is still highest in six months.
Twelve states — Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala — are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.
