India records 69,239 Covid cases in a day, adds 1 mn infection in 16 days

There are 707,668 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.24 per cent of the total caseload

India's Covid-19 tally sprinted past the 3-million mark, just 16 days after it crossed 2 million, while 2,280,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent,according to the Union Health Ministry data.

With a single-day spike of 69,239 infections, the country's Covid-19 caseload mounted to 3,044,940, while the death toll climbed to 56,706 with 912 fatalities being reported in a span of 24-hours,the data updated at 8 am showed.

The Covid-19 case fatality rate has declined