NEW DELHI: A single-day rise of 51,667 Covid infections took India’s case tally to 3,01,34,445 while the weekly positivity rate declined to 3 per cent, according to Union Health Ministry data on Friday.
The death toll climbed to 3,93,310 with 1,329 more people succumbing to the viral disease in a day.
The number of active cases has further declined to 6,12,868 and now comprises 2.03 per cent of the total infections. A net decline of 14,189 active cases has been recorded in a day, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Recoveries outnumbered daily new cases of Covid for the 43rd consecutive day with the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surging to 2,91,28,267. The case fatality rate stands at 1.31 per cent.
While the national Covid recovery rate has improved to 96.66 per cent, the weekly case positivity rate has come down to 3 per cent.
According to the Health Ministry data, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.98 per cent. It has been less than 5 per cent for 18 consecutive days.
India administered 60.73 lakh vaccine doses in a day taking the cumulative number of vaccines given so far under the nationwide inoculation drive to 30.79 crore, according to immunisation data published at 7 am.
Also, 17,35,781 tests were conducted on Wednesday for the detection of Covid, taking the total number of tests conducted so far in the country to 39,95,68,448.
The total 3,93,310 deaths reported so far in the country include 1,19,859 in Maharashtra, 34,425 in Karnataka, 31,901 in Tamil Nadu, 24,948 in Delhi, 22,366 in Uttar Pradesh, 17,516 in West Bengal, 15,944 in Punjab and 13,415 in Chhattisgarh.