India saw a single day rise of 50,407 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,86,544, while the active cases have declined to 6,10,443, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,07,981 with 804 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily COVID-19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last six consecutive days.
The active cases comprise 1.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 97.37 per cent, the ministry said.