new delhi india on saturday recorded 24882 fresh covid19 infections the highest so far this year which took the caseload to 11333728 according to union health ministry datathis is also the highest daily rise in the last 83 days as many as 26624 new infections were recorded on december 20the death toll climbed to 158446 with 140 new fatalities the data updated at 8 am showedthe countrys active caseload increased to 202022 which constitutes 174 per cent of the total infections the recovery rate dropped to 9682 per centthe number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 10973260 the case fatality rate stands at 140 per cent the data statedindias covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh 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 80 lakh on october 29 90 lakh on november 20 and surpassed the onecrore mark on december 19according to the indian council of medical research 225839273 samples had been tested until march 12 including 840635 on friday