April 2, 2021: India reported 81,466 new COVID-19 cases and 469 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Ministry on Friday morning.

With these additional cases, the total number of infections in the country has reached 1,23,03,131.

With 469 new deaths, the death toll in India has soared up to 1,63,396. There are 6,14,696 active cases in the nation as of now. Furthermore, 50,356 people were discharged on Thursday, taking the nationwide recovery tally to 1,15,25,039.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 11, 13, 966 samples were tested on Tuesday. A total of 24,59,12,587 samples have been tested so far.

A total of 6,87,89,138 people have been vaccinated across the country till now.