New Delhi: India logged 13,451 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,42,15,653, while the active cases declined to 1,62,661, the lowest in 242 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll climbed to 4,55,653 with 585 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 33 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 122 consecutive days now.
The active cases comprise 0.48 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.19 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said.
A decrease of 1,155 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The 585 new fatalities include 482 from Kerala and 32 from Maharashtra.
A total of 4,55,653 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,40,060 from Maharashtra, 38,024 from Karnataka, 36,048 from Tamil Nadu, 29,355 from Kerala, 25,091 from Delhi, 22,899 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,081 from West Bengal.