Active COVID-19 cases in India crosses 7.8 lakh mark ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 23:16 IST New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): With India reporting 96,982 cases new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country has over 7.8 lakh active cases. According to the union health ministry, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 1,26,86,049. With 446 new deaths, the death toll in India has gone up to 1,65,547. Furthermore, 50,143 people were discharged after recovery on Monday, taking the nationwide recovery tally to 1,17,32,279. According to the Centre, COVID-19 is spreading at a faster rate than the previous wave in India. "The pandemic is spreading faster as compared to the previous wave. In some states, it is worse than others but the upswing is happening all across the nation," said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog on Tuesday.