Recording a further drop in cases, India witnessed an increase of 1,109 new coronavirus infections in a day, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 4,30,33,067, while active cases declined to 11,492, according to the Union Health Ministry . Data updated on Friday.
As per the updated figures, the death toll has risen to 5,21,573 with 43 fresh deaths. Active cases accounted for 0.03% of the total infections, while the national covid-19 recovery rate The Health Ministry said, stood at 98.76%.
The active Covid-19 caseload has registered a decrease of 147 cases in a span of 24 hours. According to the health ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.24% and the weekly positivity rate was 0.23%.
number of people recovering from disease progresses up to 4,25,00,002, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21%. The cumulative dose administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign has exceeded 185.38 crores.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed 20 lakhs on August 7, 2020, 30 lakhs on 23rd August, 40 lakhs on 5th September and 50 lakhs on 16th September. 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 20 million on 4 May and 30 million on 23 June.
(with inputs from agencies)
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