The active caseload currently stands at 13,31,648. It accounts for 3.16 per cent of the total cases, the ministry’s data further showed. A reduction of 1,03,921 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, Hindustan Times reported.
The death toll rose to 501,114 with 1,059 new deaths.
The recovery rate improved to 95.64 per cent as a large number of people continued to recover. According to the daily health bulletin, 2,30,814 people have recuperated in the last 24 hours. Total Recoveries has now jumped to 4,02,47,902.
The weekly positivity rate is at 11.21 per cent, the ministry data also showed. The country has tested 73.79 crore samples so far, with 16,03,856 done in the last 24 hours, the ministry added.