Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, April 20: According to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday, India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in about eight months, and the active number of cases jumped to 65,286. The figures revised at 8 am showed that the death toll rose to 5,31,230 with 40 fatalities, including 11 confirmed by Kerala.
4.48 crore cases is the total tally of Covid so far. Both the daily and weekly positive rates were 5.32 percent and 5.46 percent, respectively. According to the health ministry website, the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.67 percent, and active cases currently make up 0.15 percent of all infections.
4,42,61,476 persons have recovered from the illness, and the case fatality rate was 1.18 percent. 220.66 crore doses of the COVID vaccine have reportedly been given in the nation thus far as part of the statewide COVID-19 vaccination campaign, according to the ministry’s website.