COVID-19death toll has climbed to5,24,641, with five latest fatalities reported from Kerala,the ministry dataupdatedat 8 am stated.
Theactive casescomprised 0.05 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 1,123cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.84per centand the weekly positivity rate at 0.67 per cent, according to the health ministry.
Thenumber of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,20,394, while the case fatality ratewas recorded at1.22 per cent.