Guwahati: India reported 20,408 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases in the nation to 1,43,384.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday, the total number of Covid-19 cases in India has now reached 4,40,0138.
The death toll has climbed to 5,26,312 with 44 more people’s death due to the infection.
Four each from Haryana and Karnataka, three each from Gujarat, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, two each from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Madhya Pradesh, and one each from Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, and Sikkim are included among the 44 new fatalities.
The health ministry reported that the national recovery rate was 98.48 percent, while the active cases make up 0.33 percent of all illnesses. In the last 24 hours, there has been a 604-case reduction in the active COVID-19 cases.
A 5.05 percent daily positive rate was noted. The health ministry said that the weekly positive rate was 4.92 percent.
A record 4,33,30,442 persons made a full recovery from the virus, and the case fatality rate was 1.20 percent.
203.94 crores (2,03,94,33,480) of Indians have received their Covid-19 vaccinations, according to preliminary reports as of this morning at 7 a.m. This was accomplished during the course of 2,69,93,794sessions.