Okay New Delhi: India on Friday added 11,106 new cases, 12,789 recoveries and 459 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the Union Health Ministry's latest database.
Of the 11,106 cases, and 459 deaths, Kerala reported 6,111 cases.
Among the 459 deaths, Kerala accounted for the most number of deaths (372), followed by Maharashtra (24), West Bengal (14), Tamil Nadu (12), Mizoram (6), Karnataka and Assam (4 each), Himachal Pradesh and Odisha (3 each), Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir (2 each), and Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Manipur, Telangana, Sikkim, and Tripura (1 each).
The recovery of 12,789 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,38,97,921. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.28 per cent, the highest since March 2020.
The active caseload stands at 1,26,620 and the active cases presently constitute 0.37 per cent of the country's total positive infections, the lowest since March 2020.
Also in the same period, a total of 11,38,699 tests were conducted across the country, which increased the overall number to 62.93 crore.
Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate at 0.92 per cent has remained less than 2 per cent for the last 56 days now.
Separately, 110 countries have given recognition to Made in India's Covid-19 vaccine--Covishield and Covaxin to date. India has conducted 62.93 coronavirus tests to date. The country's daily positivity rate stands at 0.98%, which has been below 2% for the last 46 days and less than 3 per cent for 81 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 72,94,864 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage has reached 115.23 crore as of Friday morning.
This has been achieved through 1,18,39,293 in sessions.