New Delhi: With 42,766 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus caseload rose to 3,07,95,716 today.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated this morning, the death toll has climbed to 4,07,145, with 1,206 fresh fatalities.
As many as 19,55,225 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 42,90,41,970, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.19 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,99,33,538, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 37.21 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India’s Covid-19 tally crossed the 20 lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September, 70 lakh on 11 October, crossed 80 lakh on 29 October, 90 lakh on 20 November and surpassed the one crore mark on 19 December. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on 4 May and three crore on 23 June.
The Ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.