New Delhi: With 19,406 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of covid-19 cases rose to 4,41,26,994, while active cases declined to 1,34,793, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,26,649 with 49 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 571 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.96 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 4.63 per cent, it said.
The number of recoveries surged to 4,34,65,552, while the case fatality rate 1.19 per cent.
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According to the ministry, 205.92 crore doses against Covid 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.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases May 4, three crore June 23 last year and four crore January 25 this year.