India logs new covid-19 cases

India recorded 796 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4, 30, 36,928, while the active cases dipped to 10,889, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 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.