India’s COVID-19 total jumped to 4,33,19,396 on Tuesday, according to data from the Union health ministry, with 9,923 new cases added and 79,313 active cases.
According to figures updated at 8 a.m., the death toll has risen to 5,24,890, with 17 more fatalities. Active cases account for 0.18 percent of all infections. According to the ministry, the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.61 percent.
An increase of 2,613 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.55 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.67 per cent, the ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,15,193, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.21 per cent, it said.
So far, 196.32 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the country under the nationwide inoculation drive, according to the ministry.