India sees slight increase in daily Covid-19 cases; 52 deaths in last 24 hours

With 1,335 new Covid-19 infections being reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,25,775, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. 

India also recorded 52 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 5,21,181. The country also reported 1,918 recoveries in a day.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,24,90,922, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.21 per cent.

A reduction of 635 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The ministry also informed that the active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.76 per cent.

The nation’s daily positivity rate has been recorded at 0.22 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.23 per cent.