new delhi india on saturday reported 3614 new covid19 cases the lowest since may 12 2020 with this indias covid19 case tally has climbed to 42987875 according to the ministrys data updated at 8 amin the last 24 hours 89 more fatalities were recorded pushing the death toll up to 515803 the health ministry stated in its releasewhile the number of active cases of the infection have dipped to 40559 and now account for 009 per cent of the total caseload of the country a reduction of 1660 cases was recorded in the active covid19 caseload in a span of 24 hours it addedmeanwhile the national covid19 recovery rate has further improved to 9871 per cent the ministry saidthe total number of recoveries has risen to 42431513 in the last 24 hours while the case fatality rate was recorded as 12 per centvaccination updatethe cumulative number of anticovid vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 17991 croreindias covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on august 7 2020 it went past 90 lakh on november 20 2020 and the onecrore mark on december 19 2020the country crossed the grim milestone of threecrore covid cases on june 23 last yearwith inputs from agencies