Covid-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76%, the health ministry said. A reduction of 147 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.24% and the weekly positivity rate was 0.23%, according to the health ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,00,002, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21%.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 185.38 crore.
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.