<p>India saw a single day rise of 18,815 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,35,85,554, while the active cases increased to 1,22,335, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.</p>.<p>The death toll has climbed to 5,25,343 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.</p>.<p>The active cases comprise 0.28 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.51 per cent, the health ministry said.</p>.<p>An increase of 2,878 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.</p>.<p>The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.96 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 4.09 per cent, according to the health ministry.</p>.<p>The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,29,37,876 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.</p>.<p>According to the ministry, 198.51 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.</p>.<p>India 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.</p>
<p>India saw a single day rise of 18,815 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,35,85,554, while the active cases increased to 1,22,335, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.</p>.<p>The death toll has climbed to 5,25,343 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.</p>.<p>The active cases comprise 0.28 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.51 per cent, the health ministry said.</p>.<p>An increase of 2,878 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.</p>.<p>The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.96 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 4.09 per cent, according to the health ministry.</p>.<p>The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,29,37,876 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.</p>.<p>According to the ministry, 198.51 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.</p>.<p>India 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.</p>