India reports 8603 fresh Covid infections, active cases remain below 1 lakh

With 8,603 people testing positive for
coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to
3,46,24,360, but active cases declined to 99,974, according to Union Health
Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The death toll, however, climbed to 4,70,530 with 415 fatalities reported
on Saturday, the data released at 8 am showed.

The daily rise in coronavirus infections has been less than 50,000 for 160
consecutive days now.

The active cases have declined to 99,974, comprising 0.29 per cent of the
total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19
recovery rate was recorded at 98.35 per cent, the health ministry said.

A net decrease of two cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19
caseload in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.69 per cent. It has been less
than 2 per cent for past 61 days now.

The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 0.81 per cent. It has been
below 1 per cent for the past 20 days, the ministry data showed.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to
3,40,53,856 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.36 per cent.

The cumulative number of Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so
far under the nationwide drive has exceeded 126.53 crore.

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.

PTI