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 69,878 fresh cases of the pandemic (Covid-19).

India’s death toll rose to 945 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, pushing the total to over 2,975,701 coronavirus cases.

The country’s death toll rose to 55,795 and there are 6,97,330 active cases, according to the health ministry’s. There are 22,22,577 people who have been successfully discharged across the country till date, has pushed the recovery rate to 74.69%.

Meanwhile, a total of 3,44,91,073 samples were tested across the country as of Friday, said the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Globally, 23,125,472 people have been infected with the virus so far.