India on Sunday recorded more than 4 lakh daily cases of Covid-19 for the fourth day in a row with the death count above 4,000 for a second consecutive day, even as several states imposed strict lockdowns to arrest the spread of coronavirus as the second wave surges.

With 4,03,738 new Covid-19 cases added on Sunday, India's total count of Covid-19 cases stood at 2,22,96,414, as per the Union health ministry data updated at 8 am.

With 4,092 new deaths, India's total death toll due to Covid-19 stood at 2,42,362.

There are early signs in the data that the devastating second wave in the country could be reaching its peak.

For the first time since the beginning of the second wave in mid-February, the seven-day rolling average of daily cases dipped on Friday. The dip was negligible, just a drop of 118 cases out of the day's total average of over 3.9 lakh. But it indicated a distinct slowing down in the growth of daily cases over the past week.

Registering a steady increase, the active cases have increased to 37,36,648, comprising 16.76 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 82.15 per cent.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,83,17,404 with 3,86,444 patients recovering in a day, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 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 2 crore on May 4.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 30,22,75,471 samples have been tested up to May 8 with 18,65,428 samples being tested on Saturday.

Source: Time of India 

BDST: 1305 HRS, May 9, 2021
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