New Delhi: With 2,86,384 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of Covid cases rose to 4,03,71,500, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death toll has climbed to 4,91,700 with 573 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases had decreased to 22,02,472 and comprised 5.46 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate had decreased to 93.33 per cent, the ministry said.
A reduction of 20,546 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.