India logged 11,739 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,33,89,973, while the active cases rose to 92,576, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,999 with 25 new fatalities. The active cases comprise 0. 21% of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was 98.58 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 797 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.59 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.25 per cent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,72,398 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1. 21 per cent.
According to the ministry, 19.70 billion doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far. India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20,00,000 mark on August 7, 2020, 30,00,000 on August 23, 40,00,000 on September 5 and 50,00,00,000 on September 16. It went past 60,00,000 on September 28, 70,00,000 on October 11, crossed 80,00,000 on October 29 and surpassed the 10 billlion mark on December19.
