COVID-19 case tally rose to 42,951,556 with 6,396 people testing positive for the infection in a day while active cases declined to 69,897, according to Union Health Ministry data on Friday.
The death toll has climbed to 51,45,89 with 201 more people succumbing to the disease, the data updated at 8 am stated. It was for 26 consecutive days that India recorded less than one lakh daily COVID-19 cases.
Active cases comprise 0.16 per cent of the total infections while the national Covid recovery rate improved to 98.64 per cent, the Health Ministry said.
A reduction of 7,255 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a day. The daily positivity rate was 0.69 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.90 per cent.