New Delhi: India has logged 21,257 new COVID-19 infections, taking the country's total tally of cases to 3,39,15,569, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,50,127 with 271 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The active cases are 2,40,221. Also in the same period, a total of 24,963 patients recovered, taking the cumulative tally of recoveries to 3,32,25,210.
The weekly positivity rate at 1.64 per cent, remains less than 3 per cent for the last 105 days now, while the daily positivity rate is 1.53 per cent, having remained below 3 per cent for the last 39 days and below 5 per cent for 122 consecutive days now.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 13,85,706 tests being conducted, taking the cumulative total to over 58 crores. With 50,17,753 vaccine doses administered in the same duration, India's Covid-19 inoculation coverage crossed the 93 crore mark as per provisional reports on Friday.
