New Delhi: India recorded 10,929 fresh on Saturday coronavirus cases that took its infection to 3,43,44,683, while 392 more deaths raised the death toll to 4,60,265, according to data from the Union’s Ministry of Health.
The number of active cases dropped to 1,46,950 from 1,48,922 on Friday, the data updated at 8 p.m.
The daily rise in COVID-19 cases were below 20,000 for 29 consecutive days. Less than 50,000 daily cases have now been reported for 132 consecutive days.
The active cases account for 0.43 percent of total infections, the lowest since March last year. The national recovery rate stands at 98.23 percent, the highest since March last year, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.35 percent. It has remained below 2 percent for the past 33 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.27 percent. It has remained below 2 percent for the past 43 days, the data reads.
India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 20 lakh mark on 7 August 2020, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It passed 60 lakh on 28 September, crossed 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one-crore notch on 19 December.
India’s caseload crossed the grim milestone of two crore on 4 May and three crore on 23 June.
Source: Telangana Today