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249 fresh COVID-19 cases detected in India

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New Delhi: India recorded 249 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, while the number of active cases declined further to 4,228, according to Union health ministry data.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 4,46,74,439. The death toll has climbed to 5,30,653 with six fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

No deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

The active cases comprise 0.01 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 percent, according to the ministry website.

A decrease of 16 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,39,558, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 percent.

According to the ministry’s website, 219.96 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

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