The single day rise in new coronavirus infections continued the upward trend on Friday as the nation reported 12,847 fresh Covid-19 cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,32,70,577 while the death toll has climbed to 5,24,817 with 14 more fatalities.
The active cases in the nation crossed the 60,000 mark. The active cases now stand at 63,063.
The active cases now constitute 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the country's Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.64 per cent, the health ministry said. The case fatality rate was 1.21 per cent.
An increase of 4,848 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.47 per cent, and the weekly positivity rate at 2.41 per cent, according to the health ministry. The number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 4,26,82,697.
On the vaccination front, according to the ministry cumulatively 195.84 doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far.
India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020. It went past the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.
Published 17 June 2022, 04:03 IST