Covid-19 cases across the country with 44,111 people testing positive in the last 24 hours, said the Union health ministry on Saturday.
The number stood at 46,617 the day before. With the addition of new infections, the cumulative tally reached 3,05,02,362. Further, the daily fatalities have dipped too as 738 more people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
The death toll due to coronavirus in India now stands at 4,01,050. The recoveries have outnumbered fresh infections for the 51st day with 57,477 people getting discharged between Saturday and Sunday.
This has taken the total number of discharges to 2,96,05,779 and the recovery rate has improved to 97.06%. The active cases saw a net decline of 14,104 to slip below 5 lakh