New Delhi, June 23: India recorded 50,848 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the country’s total caseload to over three crore, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday.
As it continued with a declining trend of coronavirus infection, the country reported 1358 deaths.
This is the sixth consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2000-mark.
The overall tally of Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at 3,00,28,709. India has become the second country after the US to record more than three crore cases of Covid. India added one crore cases in the last 50 days.
India’s total caseload had touched two crore-mark on May 3.
It is also the 16th consecutive day when India reported less than one lakh new coronavirus cases.
On March 23, India had recorded 47,262 cases while on June 22 India reported 42,640 cases.
The active cases have now come down below 8 lakh.
The country has 6,43,194 active cases presently and has witnessed 3,90,660 deaths so far.
According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 68,817 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 2,89,94,855 till date.