India reports slight decline in new COVID-19 infections; total caseload jumps to 1.26 crore Coronavirus cases in India: The recovery rate has declined to 92.48 per cent with 1,17,32,279 people getting cured of the COVID-19 infection. While the death toll increased to 1,65,547 or 1.30 per cent of the total cases. BusinessToday.In | April 6, 2021 | Updated 13:08 IST On Tuesday, India registered 96,982 fresh cases of COVID-19 infection and 446 deaths in the span of 24 hours India on Tuesday reported a slight decline in new cases as per the union health ministry data. On Tuesday, India registered 96,982 fresh cases of COVID-19 infection and 446 deaths in the span of 24 hours. While a day earlier (April 5), India's daily caseload was at 1,03,558. Overall, India has registered a total of 1,26,86,049 cases of coronavirus until April 6.