New Delhi, Apr 15: India reported 949 new COVID cases, taking the total tally to 4,30,39,972, while the active cases rose to 11,191, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
The death toll climbed to 5,21,743 with six new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 133 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.26 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.25 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,07,038, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
(With Inputs from PTI)
