New Delhi: With 2,208 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India’s tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,46,49,088, while the active cases declined to 19,398, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday.
The death toll climbed to 5,28,999 with 12 fatalities which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. Three deaths have been reported from Maharashtra.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid -19 recovery rate has increased to 98.77 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 1,423 cases has been recorded in the active Covid -19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.55 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.12 per cent, according to the ministry.
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,00,691, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
According to the ministry, 219.60 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid -19 vaccination drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark August 7, 2020, 30 lakh August 23, 40 lakh September 5 and 50 lakh September 16. It went past 60 lakh September 28, 70 lakh October 11, crossed 80 lakh October 29, 90 lakh November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore May 4 and three crore June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark January 25 this year.