India records 60,753 fresh COVID-19 cases; active cases at 74-day low

60,753 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours has taken India's total tally to 2,98,23,546. The number of active cases now stand at 7,60,019 - the lowest in 74 days.

The death toll climbed to 3,85,137 with 1,647 fresh fatalities and active cases are now 2.55% of the total infections. The national recovery rate improved to 96.16%, as per the Union Health Ministry update.

A total of 19,02,009 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 38,92,07,637.


The daily positivity rate was recorded 2.98%. It has been less than five per cent for 12 consecutive days, and the weekly positivity rate has declined to 3.58%.

Recoveries continue to outnumber daily new cases for the 37th consecutive day. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 2,86,78,390, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.29 per cent, the data said.

Cumulatively, 27,23,88,783 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 last year, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.