new cases in a day, while 87,59,969 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 93.68% on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry data.The total coronavirus cases mounted to 9,351,109 and the death toll climbed to 1,36,200 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 485 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country.The COVID-19 case fatality rate is 1.46 %.
The total number of discharged cases at 87,59,969 with 41,452 new discharges in last 24 hours.There are 45,49,40 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 4.87% of the total caseload, the data stated.India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5.