New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose to 4,29,45,160 with 6,561 people testing positive for the infection in a day while active cases declined to 77,152, according to Union Health Ministry data on Thursday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,14,388 with 142 more people succumbing to the disease, reported news agency PTI.
It was for 25 consecutive days that India recorded less than one lakh daily COVID-19 cases.
Active cases comprise 0.18 per cent of the total infections while the national Covid recovery rate improved to 98.62 per cent, the Health Ministry said.
A reduction of 8,528 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a day.
The daily positivity rate was 0.74 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.99 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,23,53,620, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent.
