Coronavirus: India logs highest-ever 1,31,968 new COVID-19 cases, Recovery rate falls to 91.22%

 Covid infections scaled another peak with 131,968 infections on Friday, another single-day highest.

For the third consecutive day, India witnessed the highest single-day spike of new Covid-19 cases after reporting over 1.31 lakh cases on Friday.

According to the Union health ministry, the country recorded 1,31,968 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this fresh surge, the total number of infections has reached 1,30,60,542.

Currently, there are 9,79,608 active cases in the country which comprise 7.5% of the total infections.

The country reported 780 deaths - the most in five days. Total deaths due to Covid-19 have touched 1,67,642. 

As many as 61,899 people were discharged or recovered on Thursday taking the total number of recoveries to 1,19,13,292. Recovery rate has fallen to 91.22% of total cases, data from the health ministry showed.

For the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, India had recorded more than lakh cases on April 5 in a single day.

Several states in the country have taken measures like lockdown and night curfew in order to break the chain of coronavirus infections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 8 urged chief ministers to strengthen their efforts for the next 2-3 weeks to check the spread of the virus. He also called for observing a vaccine festival between April 11-14 to inoculate the maximum number of eligible beneficiaries.