India logged 14,148 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,28,81,179, while the active cases dipped to 1,48,359, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll climbed to 5,12,924 with 302 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The daily COVID-19 cases have remained below one lakh for 18 consecutive days.
The active cases comprises 0.35 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.46 per cent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 16,163 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
