In the last 24 hours, the highest number of cases were recorded in a single day. The Indian Health Ministry on Saturday reported there were 58,794 fresh cases of the pandemic (Covid-19).

Globally, 22,577,398 people have been infected with the virus so far.

India’s death toll rose to 977 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, pushing the total to over 2,836,9252 coronavirus cases.

The country’s death toll rose to 53,866 and there are 6,86,395 active cases, according to the health ministry’s. There are 20,96,664 people who have been successfully discharged across the country till date, has pushed the recovery rate to 73.91%.

Meanwhile, a total of 3,26,61,225 samples were tested across the country as of Wednesday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research.

India imposed a stringent lockdown to control the spread of the virus but has been reduced in recent weeks to resume economic activity. Now, infection numbers have skyrocketed since the government ease lockdown.

Epidemiologists warned that the risk of corona in India would increase in the coming weeks and months. Health experts say the true extent of the pandemic spread in India is unknown and that the country must test more.