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India reported 226 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 4.46 crore, while the active cases increased to 3,653, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The death toll stands at 5,30,702 with three fatalities reconciled by Kerala, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.12% while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 0.15%, the ministry said.
It said 1,87,983 tests for detection of Covid were conducted in the last 24 hours.
The active cases comprise 0.01% of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80%, according to the health ministry website.
An increase of 44 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,44,029, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19%, the ministry said. So far, a total of 4,46,78,384 cases have been recorded in the country.
According to the ministry, 220.10 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 inoculation drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on Aug. 7, 2020, 30 lakh on Aug. 23, 40 lakh on Sept. 5 and 50 lakh on Sept. 16. It went past 60 lakh on Sept. 28, 70 lakh on Oct. 11, crossed 80 lakh on Oct. 29, 90 lakh on Nov. 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on Dec. 19, 2020. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on May 4, 2021, three crore cases on June 23 and four crore cases on Jan. 25 this year.
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