India logged 291 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,46,72,638, while the active cases declined to 4,767, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll climbed to 5,30,622 with two fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated.
The active cases comprise 0.01% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.80%, according to the Ministry website.
A decrease of 88 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,37,249, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19%. According to the Ministry's website, 219.92 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.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year.
The three deaths reported in a span of 24 hours are one each from Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra.
