The death toll climbed to 5,29,024 with eight fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours.
The country’s active Covid-19 cases declined to 17,912, according to the health ministry data.
The active cases constituted 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate was recorded at 98.78 per cent, the health ministry said.
A decrease of 405 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.59 per cent and weekly positivity rate at 1.08 per cent, the data said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,06,656, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 219.63 crore.
While the vaccination for the age group 12-14 years began on March 16, 2022, the Covid-19 precaution or booster dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started on April 10, 2022.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed the four-crore mark on January 25 this year.
