Covid-19: India records 43,393 new cases

India logged 43,393 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,07,52,950, while the active cases have declined to 4,58,727, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 4,05,939 with 911 fresh fatalities. The active cases comprise 1.49% of the total infections and the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.19%, the data updated at 8 am showed.

A decrease of 1,977 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 17,90,708 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 42,70,16,605, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.42%. It has been less than 3% for 18 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.36%, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,98,88,284, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32%, the data stated. Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far have reached 36.89 crores under the nationwide vaccination drive. India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23.