NEW DELHI: India witnessed a marginal fall in Covid-19 cases with 18,815 infections reported in the past 24-hours, against last day's 18,930 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

During the same period, 38 death took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,343. Meanwhile, the active case-load has also scaled up to 1,22,335 cases, accounting for 0.28 percent of the total positive cases.
The recovery of 15899 patients in the last 24-hours took the total tally to 4,29,37,876, while the recovery rate stands at 98.51 percent. Meanwhile, the Daily Positivity rate has also rose marginally to 4.96 percent, while the Weekly Positivity Rate stoodat 4.09 percent.

Also in the corresponding period, a total of 3,79,470 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 86.57 crore. As of this morning, the Covid vaccination coverage exceeded 198.51 crore, achieved through 259,95,556 sessions.

Over 3.72 crore adolescents have been given a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of the vaccination drive for this age bracket.

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