Covid-19 highlights: India logs 360 new cases, 5 deaths in a day
Covid-19 update: The death toll climbed to 5,30,596 with five fatalities which includes four reconciled by Kerala and one death reported from Haryana in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated.
PremiumIndia reported 360 new coronavirus infections taking the cumulative tally to 4,46,70,075, while the active Covid-19 cases declined to 6,046, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll climbed to 5,30,596 with five fatalities which includes four reconciled by Kerala and one death reported from Haryana in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections. A decrease of 163 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
In India, the Covid-19 recovery rate increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry website.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,33,433, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry's website, 219.87 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 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 crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.
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