24,882 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in India on Saturday. This figure is the highest number of patients exposed on a single day this year. With this, the total number of people infected with Coronavirus has so far increased to 1,13,33,728 in the country.

According to data from the Union Ministry of Health, the number of new cases is the highest in the last 83 days. Earlier on December 20, 26,624 people were confirmed to be infected in 24 hours. According to the data released by the ministry at eight o’clock on Saturday morning, 140 Covid-19 patients have died in the last 24 hours, including 1,58,446 people who have died due to this epidemic in the country so far.

According to the data, 2,02,022 patients are currently undergoing treatment in the country, which is 1.74 percent of the total infected people. At the same time, due to the increase in new cases, the rate of recovery of patients has also come down and it has reached 96.82 percent. According to the ministry, the number of people recovering from Covid-19 in the country has increased to 1,09,73,260. At the same time, the death rate among the infected is 1.40 percent.

So far 62 patients have died due to the pandemic in the Union Territory and no infected have died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The official said that 4,961 patients have been cured so far and six patients are undergoing treatment. He said that till Friday, a total of 11,378 health workers and personnel posted on the front and 3,341 people above 45 years of age have been vaccinated.

In the country, the number of infected people reached 20 lakh on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on 23 August and 40 lakh on 5 September. At the same time, the total cases of infection had crossed 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and one crore on 19 December.