The country recorded 6,155 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, marking a marginal increase from Friday's tally of 6,050 cases, the Union health ministry stated in a bulletin on Saturday.
With the addition of new deaths due to the COVID-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,30,509 in the country.
With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 50,594 with active cases now constituting 0.11% of the country’s total positive cases.
As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.60% with 13,084 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,37,57,385.
Apart from declining cases, the country also witnessed a downfall in number of deaths with around 275 fatalities reported from 307 reported last week.
A total of 28,591 fresh Covid infections and 338 deaths were reported in the country, the number of active cases also registered a decline in the past 24 hours.
Active cases declined comprising 1.18 per cent of the total infections as vaccination exceeded 70.75 crore and recovery rate stands at 97.48 per cent
Nationwide vaccination crossed the 59 cr-mark as Maharashtra recorded the highest daily toll
The 354 new fatalities include 105 from Maharashtra, 90 from Kerala and 68 from Odisha.
India's active caseload has declined to the lowest in 155 days as recovery rate increased to 97.63 per cent, the highest since March 2020
