According to data published on Saturday by the Union Health Ministry, India’s total count of COVID-19 cases surged to 4,29,05,844 in a single day, while active cases fell to 1,21,881 with 11,499 new cases being logged in 24 hours.
The death toll climbed to 5,13,481 with 255 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
With this, the country recorded its daily COVID-19 cases under one lakh for the 20th consecutive day.
The active cases comprise 0.28 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.52 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 12,354 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.01 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 1.36 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of recoveries surged to 4,22,70,482, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive exceeded 177.13 crore.
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