New Delhi: With 45,892 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,07,09,557 today.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated this morning, the country’s Covid-19 death toll has climbed to 4,05,028 with 817 new fatalities being reported.
The number of active cases comprises 1.50 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 97.18 per cent, data updated by the Ministry at 8 am showed.
Also, 18,93,800 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the country on Wednesday, taking the total number of such examinations so far to 42,52,25,897, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.42 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for 17 consecutive days, the Ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,98,43,825, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated.
The total number of vaccine doses administered so far has reached 36.48 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August last year, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September, 50 lakh on 16 September, 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and one crore on 19 December.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore infections on 4 May and three crore on 23 June.
The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.