India's coronavirus case tally rose to 29,75,701 on Saturday as it registered a spike of 69,878 cases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As many as 945 deaths were reported in the country, taking the toll to 55,794.

Meanwhile, 63,631 recoveries were also reported, taking the total recovered coronavirus cases in the country to 22,22,577.

The number of active cases currently constitute 23.82% of total cases while the fatality rate of the country stands at 1.89 %. Recovery rate of the country is at 74.30%, according to Health Ministry data.

Meanwhile, India crossed the milestone of 1 million Covid-19 tests a day. As many as 3,44,91,073 samples have been tested for coronavirus till August 21, says Indian Council for Medical Research. On Friday, 10,23,836 samples were tested all over India.

India, the third worst-hit county by the pandemic after the United States and Brazil, has been reporting the highest number of daily Covid cases in the world for the last 18 days. The United States has logged over 56 lakh cases so far, and Brazil has logged over 35 lakh cases, about six lakh more than India.

The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes the planet will be rid of the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years -- faster than it took for the Spanish flu. "We hope to finish this pandemic before less than two years," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from the WHO's headquarters in Geneva, insisting that it should be possible to tame the novel coronavirus faster than the deadly 1918 pandemic, news agency AFO reported.