<p>India's Covid-19 caseload sprinted past 60 lakh on Sunday night, 12 days after it crossed the 50-lakh mark, while the total number of recoveries too surged to 50,02,959, according to data from states and union territories.</p>.<p>The Union health ministry data updated on Sunday 8 am showed a single-day spike of 88,600 infections, taking the country's <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> tally to 59,92,532, while the death toll climbed to 94,503 with 1,124 people succumbing to the disease in a day.</p>.<p>However, by night, a PTI tally showed India's Covid-19 caseload at 60,66,061, death toll at 95,466 and recoveries at 50,03,084. The tally has been compiled according to information provided by the states and union territories.</p>.<p>India is in pole position in terms of the number of recoveries, followed by Brazil and the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), which has been compiling Covid-19 data from all over the world.</p>.<p>India is the second-worst hit nation in terms of Covid-19 cases after the US, while it is in the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil, according to JHU data.</p>.<p>The Union health ministry on Sunday said a total of 49,41,627 people have recuperated from coronavirus infection taking the national recovery rate to 82.46 per cent, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.58 per cent.</p>.<p>There are 9,56,402 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 15.96 per cent of the total caseload, the health ministry data showed.</p>
<p>India's Covid-19 caseload sprinted past 60 lakh on Sunday night, 12 days after it crossed the 50-lakh mark, while the total number of recoveries too surged to 50,02,959, according to data from states and union territories.</p>.<p>The Union health ministry data updated on Sunday 8 am showed a single-day spike of 88,600 infections, taking the country's <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> tally to 59,92,532, while the death toll climbed to 94,503 with 1,124 people succumbing to the disease in a day.</p>.<p>However, by night, a PTI tally showed India's Covid-19 caseload at 60,66,061, death toll at 95,466 and recoveries at 50,03,084. The tally has been compiled according to information provided by the states and union territories.</p>.<p>India is in pole position in terms of the number of recoveries, followed by Brazil and the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU), which has been compiling Covid-19 data from all over the world.</p>.<p>India is the second-worst hit nation in terms of Covid-19 cases after the US, while it is in the third spot in terms of fatalities globally after the US and Brazil, according to JHU data.</p>.<p>The Union health ministry on Sunday said a total of 49,41,627 people have recuperated from coronavirus infection taking the national recovery rate to 82.46 per cent, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.58 per cent.</p>.<p>There are 9,56,402 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 15.96 per cent of the total caseload, the health ministry data showed.</p>