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New Delhi: According to the Union Health Ministry, India saw a one-day increase of 33,376 coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases to 3,32,08,330, while the number of active cases rose marginally to 3,91,516 from Friday.
According to the data updated at 8 am, the death toll rose to 4,42,317 with 308 deaths reported daily.
The health ministry said the number of active cases has risen to 3,91,516, comprising 1.18 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.49 per cent.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered an increase of 870 cases in a 24-hour period. On Friday, the country had recorded 3,90,646 active cases.
In addition, 15,92,135 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for the detection of COVID-19 in the country to 54,01,96,989.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.10 per cent. It is less than 3 per cent for the last 12 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.26 per cent. According to the Ministry of Health, it has been below 3 percent for the last 78 days.
The data showed that the number of people cured of the disease rose to 3,23,74,497, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.
According to the ministry, the cumulative number of COVID vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 73.05 crore under the nationwide campaign.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It had crossed 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October. 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and crossed the one crore mark on 19 December.
India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crores on 4th May and 3 crores on 23rd June.
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