DATA STORY: With 1,069 fatalities in a day, India's death toll goes past 100,000 mark

With 75628 new daily recoveries, India's recovery rate has improved to 83.84; the fatality rate remains unchanged at 1.56%

With 1,069 Covid-19-related fatalities being reported across the country in a day, India’s death toll on Saturday cross the 100,000 mark to stand at 100,842. Even as the country crossed this grim milestone, there was a drop in single-day jump in total coronavirus cases – to 79,476 from 81,484 a day before.
 
The country on Saturday reported a net increase of 1,512 in active cases to take the number to 944,996. With 75,628 new cured cases, meanwhile, total recoveries reached 5,427,706, or 83.84 of total infections reported so far.
 
The second-most-affected country by active and total cases, and