India logged 2,710 new coronaviruses in a day, which took the total COVID 19 cases to 4,31, 47,530, while the active cases increased to 15,814, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death toll increased to 5,24, 539 with 14 new deaths, the data was updated at 8 am, the data was updated at 8 am.
The ministry said that the active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.75 per cent.
In a span of 24 hours, an increase of 400 cases has been recorded in the active COVID 19 caseload.
The daily positivity rate was 0.58 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 0.52 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease increased to 4,26, 07,177, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID 19 vaccine drive have exceeded 192.97 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. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
The country crossed the milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.
There are 14 deaths from Kerala and one from Maharashtra and 12 from Kerala.
The country has had 5,24, 539 deaths so far, including 1,47, 858 from Maharashtra, 69,655 from Kerala, 40,106 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,208 from Delhi, 23,519 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,203 from West Bengal.
More than 70 per cent of deaths were caused by comorbidities, according to the ministry.
Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research, the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.