India's Covid-19 tally rose marginally on Saturday after at least 39,097 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare data showed. Active cases of Covid-19 in the country stood at 408,977 after 3,464 new infections were added to the caseload, accounting for 1.3 per cent of the total cases India has seen since the start of the pandemic. At least 35,087 people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovered count of people to 30,503,166. At its peak on May 6, India saw at least 414,188 Covid-19 cases in a span of just 24 hours. Covid-19 cases in the country have now plateaued as India continues to record cases between 30,000 to 50,000 infections for more than 30 days.

Source: Hindustan Times July 24, 2021 03:46 UTC