India recorded over 20,000 new coronavirus infections after a gap of 145 days while the active cases increased to 1,36,076, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
A total of 20,139 new COVID-19 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the total tally of cases to 4,36,89,989. The death toll climbed to 5,25,557 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.31% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.49%, the ministry said.
