The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the numberof cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increaseof 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Unionhealth ministry.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while17,846 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
“Thus, around 29.91 per cent patients have recovered sofar,” a senior health ministry official said.
The total number of cases also include 111 foreignnationals.
A total 95 deaths deaths were reported since Friday morning,of which 37 in Maharashtra, 24 in Gujarat, nine in West Bengal, seven in MadhyaPradesh, four each from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, three from Andhra Pradeshand Tamil Nadu and two from Delhi and one each from Punjab and Haryana.