NEW DELHI: India witnessede a single-day rise of 21,880 Covid-19 infections taking the cumulative tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,38,47,065, while the active cases climbed to 1,49,482, as per updates by  Union Health Ministry on Friday.

The death toll surged to 5,25,930 with 60 new death, the data updated at 8 am. said.The active cases comprise 0.34 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.46 percent, the Ministry said. A rise of 601 cases has been recorded in the active COVI caseload in a span of 24 hours.

India's COVID-19 tally surpassed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 2020, 40 lakh on September 5, 2020 and 50 lakh on Sept 16, 2020. India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crore Covid-19 cases on May 4 last year, the 3-crore mark on June 23 last year and four crore cases on January 25 this year.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 2020, 70 lakh on Oct 11, 2020, 80 lakh on Oct 29, 2020, 90 lakh on Nov 20, 2020 and the one-crore mark on Dec 19, 2020.

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