Coronavirus: India records 6% growth in 24 hours, lowest daily rate since crossing 100 cases, says Govt

NEW DELHI: India recorded a six per cent growth in new cases on a single day, from 8am Friday to 8am Saturday, which is the lowest daily growth rate recorded since the country crossed 100 cases, the government said on Saturday.

Since Friday morning, an increase of 1,429 cases has been reported, taking the total number of Covid-19 confirmed cases to 24,506 from 23,077 reported on Friday by the health ministry. The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 775.

According to government data, the current death rate is around 3.1% while the recovery rate is more than 20% per cent, which is comparatively better than several countries and may be taken as a positive effect of the loc