Spike in daily COVID-19 cases, India records 22,854 new cases

New Delhi: India recorded 22,854 cases of coronavirus infection in a day, the highest in around two-and-half-months, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,12,85,561, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on March 11.

The death toll increased to 1,58,189 with 126 daily new fatalities, data updated at 8 am showed.  The total active cases have increased to 1,89,226 which now comprises 1.68% of the total infections.

The number of recoveries surged to 1,09,38,146  which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 96.92%, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.40%, the data stated.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh  on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past  60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on  October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

According to the ICMR,  22,42,58,293  samples have been tested up to March 10 with 7,78,416 samples being tested on March 10.