New Delhi: India Saturday recorded 1,27,952 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 4,20,80,664, while the number of active cases declined further to 13,31,648, according to Union health ministry data.
The death toll climbed to 5,01,114 with 1,059 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases comprise 3.16 per cent of the total infections in the country, the ministry said.
A reduction of 1,03,921 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.64 per cent, the ministry said.
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The daily positivity rate was recorded at 7.98 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 11.21 per cent, it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,02,47,902. The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent, it added.
So far, the cumulative doses administered in the country under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive have exceeded 168.98 crore.
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.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore May 4, 2021, and three crore June 23.