Guwahati: India’s total number of COVID-19 cases increased to 4,45,58,425 as a result of 5,383 new coronavirus infections being recorded in a single day, while the number of active cases decreased to 45,281, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
According to figures updated at 8 am, the death toll increased to 5,28,449 with 20 fatalities, eight of which were reconciled by Kerala.
According to the ministry, the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.71%, while the active cases make up 0.10 percent of all infections.
In the past 24 hours, there has been a decrease of 1,061 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload. According to the ministry, the weekly positivity rate was 1.70 percent and the daily positivity rate was 1.68 percent.
Reportedly, 4,39,84,695 persons have recovered from the illness, and the case fatality rate has been reported as 1.19 percent.
The ministry reports that the country has already received 217.26 crore doses of the Covid vaccine as part of the widespread vaccination campaign.
On August 7, 2020, India’s COVID-19 total had reached 20 lakh, on August 23, it reached 30 lakh, on September 5 it reached 40 lakh, and on September 16 it reached 50 lakh.
It exceeded the 60 lakh threshold on September 28, the 70 lakh threshold on October 11, the 80 lakh threshold on October 29, the 90 lakh threshold on November 20, and the 1 crore threshold on December 19.
On May 4 and June 23 of last year, the nation reached the depressing two and three crore populations, respectively. On January 25 of this year, the four-crore threshold was crossed. Three deaths in Maharashtra and one each in Chhattisgarh, Goa, and Gujarat are among the 12 reported fatalities during the past 24 hours.