Covid-19 in the 24 hours ending on Friday morning, said the Union health ministry on Saturday.A total of 20,66,285 tests were conducted, taking the daily positivity rate to 12.45%.This is the fourth successive day that over 20 lakh samples have been tested.In addition to this, it is the ninth consecutive day that the daily recoveries have outnumbered the new cases.
While India saw 2,57,299 more people testing positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, discharges went up to 3,57,630.The country has recorded less than three lakh daily new cases for six consecutive days now.Ten states reported 78.12% of the new cases in last 24 hours.