India logs over 24K cases again, infection rate nears 2%

New Delhi, March 16 : India on Tuesday logged 24,492 cases of Covid-19 and 131 fatalities in the last 24 hours. The cases declined by 1,800 from the previous day, while 13 more deaths were reported, the data shared by the Union Health Ministry showed.
On Monday, the country had logged 26,291 cases of Covid-19, the highest tally recorded in 85 days.
The cumulative tally of the cases has risen to 1,14,09,831 while the death toll has reached 1,58,856 in India.
The infection level in the country is back to last year’s December as it has soared to 1.96 from 1.55 per cent in a short interval.
As per the Ministry’s data, the active caseload in country has reached 2,23,432, rising by over 4,000 cases from previous day.
With the discharge of 20,191 patients in a day, a total of 1,10,27,543 persons have been discharged so far.