Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74%, the ministry said. An increase of 403 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.71% and the weekly positivity rate at 0.68%, according to the Health Ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,36,253, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22%.
Meanwhile, India saw a single day rise of 3,688 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,30,75,864, while the active cases increased to 18,684, the government said on Saturday.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am on Saturday, the death toll rose to 5,23,803 with 50 more fatalities.