New Delhi: India’s Covid-19 death toll climbed to 5,20,855 with 4,100 fatalities recorded in a day and Maharashtra reconciling the number of deaths caused by the viral disease in the state, the Union health ministry said Saturday.
A total of 1,660 fresh cases have pushed the country’s Covid-19 tally to 4,30,18,032, while the number of active cases has fallen below 20,000, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am.
The number of active cases of the infection has declined to 16,741, the lowest in 702 days and accounting for 0.04 per cent of the total caseload. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.
Maharashtra reported a high death toll because of the inclusion of non-Covid fatalities (4,005) reported till Friday. The state reported two fresh deaths caused by the viral disease in the last 24 hours, according to a media bulletin.
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A reduction of 4,789 cases was recorded in the country’s active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.25 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 0.29 per cent, according to the health ministry.
A total of 6,58,489 tests were conducted to detect the infection in the last 24 hours. India has so far conducted over 78.63 crore Covid tests.
The number of people who have recuperated has gone up to 4,24,80,436, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
The cumulative number of Covid vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 182.87 crore.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark August 7, 2020, 30 lakh August 23, 2020, 40 lakh on September 5, 2020 and 50 lakh September 16, 2020.
It went past 60 lakh September 28, 2020, 70 lakh October 11, 2020, 80 lakh October 29, 2020, 90 lakh November 20, 2020 and the one-crore mark December 19, 2020.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases May 4, 2021 and the three-crore mark June 23, 2021.
