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Covid-19 Update: India Logs Over 21,000 Fresh Infections, Active Caseload Nears 150,000

According to Union Health Ministry's data, an increase of 601 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of?24 hours.?

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?India saw a single day rise of 21,880?coronavirus?infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,38,47,065,?while the active cases rose to 1,49,482,?according to the?Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The?death toll climbed to 5,25,930?with 60 new fatalities,?the data?updated?at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.34 per cent of the total infections,?while the national Covid-19recovery rate was recorded at 98.46 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 601 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of?24 hours.?

India's Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 2020, 40 lakh on September 5, 2020 and 50 lakh on September 16, 2020.

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

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