New Delhi: India records 5,910 new coronavirus cases along with 16 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The death toll climbed to 5,28,007 with 16 fatalities, including seven deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases comprise 0.12 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.69 percent, the health ministry said.
A decline of 1,140 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.60 percent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.15 percent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,38,80,464, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 percent.
According to the ministry, 213.52 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year, and four crores on January 25 this year.
Meanwhile, the nine new fatalities include three from Maharashtra, two from Karnataka, and one each from Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Odisha, and West Bengal.
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