New Delhi: Union Health Ministry on Friday updated that 2,528 new COVID-19 cases registered in a single day in India. With this, India's infection total currently stands at 4,30,04,005, while the number of active cases dipped below 30,000 after around 685 days.

The death toll from the epidemic has risen to 5,16,281, with 149 people dying every day, as per data updated by the ministry at 8 a.m. The number of active cases has dropped to 29,181, accounting for 0.07 percent of all infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 98.73 percent, according to the health ministry.

According to the data, the country's active COVID-19 caseload was reduced by 1,618 cases in a 24-hour period. There has also been a consistent drop in weekly and daily positive rates. Both were measured at 0.40 percent, according to the report.

In the last 24 hours, a total of 6,33,867 COVID-19 tests were performed. Over 78.18 crore tests for the disease have been undertaken in India thus far. According to the data, the number of patients who have recovered from the sickness has risen to 4,24,58,543, with a case fatality rate of 1.20 percent.

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