New Delhi, July 10
India has logged 42,766 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally to 3,07,95,716, while the active cases have declined to 4,55,033, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
The death toll has climbed to 4,07,145, with 1,206 fresh fatalities.
The active cases comprise 1.48 per cent of the total infections and the national Covid recovery rate stands at 97.2 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
As many as 19,55,225 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid in the country to 42,90,41,970, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.19 per cent.
It has been less than three per cent for 19 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding that the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.34 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,99,33,538, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.32 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulative vaccine doses administered so far has reached 37.21 crore under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The 1,206 new fatalities include 738 from Maharashtra, 130 from Kerala and 68 from Karnataka.
A total of 4,07,145 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,25,034 from Maharashtra, 35,731 from Karnataka, 33,322 from Tamil Nadu, 25,011 from Delhi, 22,689 from Uttar Pradesh, 17,886 from West Bengal and 16,168 from Punjab.
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