Coronavirus India Updates: Nearly 63,000 New Cases, Over 300 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

India's coronavirus death toll crossed the 300-mark for the first time in over three months.

India reported 312 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the nation's death toll to over 1.61 lakh, according to health ministry data as of 8:00 a.m.

At 62,714 new Covid-19 cases, daily additions remained the highest since Oct. 17. That's also more than double the 28,739 patients who recovered in the same period. The total number of active cases rose to 4.86 lakh.

Key Figures

• Total Confirmed Cases: 1,19,71,624

• Total Active Cases: 4,86,310

• Patients cured/discharged/migrated: 1,13,23,762

• Total Deaths: 1,61,552

• Fresh cases in 24 hours: 62,714

• One-day recoveries: 28,739

• One-day deaths: 312