India saw a single-day rise of 253 coronavirus infections, while the active cases have declined to 4,597, the health ministry said on Saturday. The toll climbed to 5,30,627 with three more fatalities -- two reconciled by Kerala and one death reported from Himachal Pradesh in a span of 24 hours, it stated. The active cases comprises 0.01 per cent of the total infections, which stands at 4.47 crore (4,46,73,166). The recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry. Stay with TOI for all updatesRead Less
Single-day rise of 253 new Covid cases in India, active cases decline from 4,672 to 4,597: Health ministry
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The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,41,37,617, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
A decrease of 95 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload of the country in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
Active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry.
The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,30,624 with one fatality being reconciled by Kerala and one death reported from Chhattisgarh in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The total tally of cases in the country now stands at 4.46 crore.
The count of active cases has dipped to 4,672, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
India records single-day rise of 275 new cases, count of active infections declines from 4,767 to 4,672: Union health ministry
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