India on Saturday recorded 349,691 new cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally to 16,960,172, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll rose to 192,311, with 2,767 more fatalities in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed.

There are currently 2,682,751 active cases of COVID-19 in India. With 217,113 recoveries in the past 24 hours, the recovered COVID-19 cases tally now stands at 14,085,110.

The jump comes a day after the active cases in India crossed the 25-lakh mark. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 83.49%.

A total of 140,916,417 people have at least the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine in India since January 16, when the mass immunisation drive against coronavirus was kicked off.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,40,85,110, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.13 per cent, the data stated. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19. According to the ICMR, 27,79,18,810 samples have been tested up to April 25 with 17,19,588 samples being tested on Saturday.

The 2,767 new fatalities include 676 from Maharashtra, 357 from Delhi, 222 from Uttar Pradesh, 218 from Chhattisgarh, 208 from Karnataka, 152 from Gujarat and 110 from Jharkhand and 104 from Madhya Pradesh.