India recorded 18,732 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily rise in nearly six months. With this, the total number of cases rose to 1,01,87,850, according to the latest Health Ministry data.
Meanwhile, 279 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to 1,47,622.
97,61,538 people have recovered from the infection so far, with 21,430 recuperation in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases stand at 2,78,690.
The five states which reported the highest number of cases in last 24 hours are Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Meanwhile, the national task force on COVID-19 held a meeting on Saturday over the new mutant strain of the coronavirus that was first traced in the UK and discussed surveillance strategies to detect and contain the highly contagious infection.
The global COVID-19 case total has crossed 80 million, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
