India records 58,077 new Covid cases, 657 more deaths

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 58,077 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,36,137, while the active cases have declined to 6,97,802, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday.

The daily Covid cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last five consecutive days.

The death toll has climbed to 5,07,177 with 657 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am said.

The active cases comprised 1.64 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate had further improved to 97.17 per cent, the health ministry said.

A reduction of 92,987 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.89 per cent while the weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 5.76 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 4,13,31,158, while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 1.19 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive has exceeded 171.79 crore.

The 657 new fatalities include 341 from Kerala and 45 from Maharashtra.

A total of 5,07,177 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,43,292 from Maharashtra, 61,134 from Kerala, 39,534 from Karnataka, 37,862 from Tamil Nadu, 26,035 from Delhi, 23,372 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,938 from West Bengal.