Bhubaneswar, Aug. 31 -- New Delhi: India recorded 78,512 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24-hours continuing its unabated surge of highest daily infections as the national tally mounted to 3,621,245, revealed Health Ministry data on Monday.

With 971 more deaths, the toll has climbed to 64,469 so far.

Out of the total confirmed cases, 7,81,975 are active cases, while a total of 2,77,48,01 have recovered from the virus so far. With 60,868 recoveries in a day, the recovery rate stood at 76.61 per cent while the fatality rate is 1.79 per cent.

78,512 new cases push India's #COVID19 tally to over 36 lakh; 971 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.

Total positive cases- 36,21,246

Active cases- 7,81,975

Cured/migrated- 27,74,802

Deaths...