COVID-19 India: Active cases cross one lakh mark

India recorded over 18,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day after a gap of 130 days, taking the COVID-19 tally to 4,34,52,164, according to data from the Union Health Ministry updated on Thursday.

The active cases crossed the one lakh mark again after 122 days.

As per the data updated at 8 am, a total of 18,819 new Covid cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, and the death toll increased to 5,25,116 with 39 additional fatalities.


The active cases increased to 1,04,555 comprising 0.24 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.55 per cent, the ministry revealed.

An increase of 4,953 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positive rate was recorded at 4.16 per cent and the weekly positive rate at 3.72 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 4,28,22,493, while the case fatality rate was 1.21 per cent.

According to the ministry, 197.61 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year.

Inputs from PTI