India reported 2, 259 cases in the last 24 hours, down from 2,487 cases reported on Thursday, a decrease of 228 cases in a span of 24 hours while the daily positivity rate stood at 0.50 percent.

The death toll climbed to 5,24,323 with 20 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am on Friday stated. The 20 new fatalities include 17 from Kerala and two from Uttar Pradesh and one from Delhi.  

The country’s active caseload currently stands at 15,044, with 2,694 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours bringing the total recoveries to 4,25,92,455 so far.

 The active cases load stands at 0.03 percent while the current recovery rate stands at 98.75 percent.

Overall India has administered 191.96 crore vaccine doses so far under the Nationwide Vaccine Drive.

The Country has conducted a total of 84.58 crore Covid 19 tests  and 4,51,179 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours.

(PIB) (PTI)