India records 11,499 fresh Covid cases, 255 more deaths

PTI

New Delhi, February 26

With 11,499 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of Covid cases rose to 4,29,05,844, while the active cases further declined to 1,21,881, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

The death toll climbed to 5,13,481 with 255 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

With this, the country recorded its daily Covid cases under one lakh for the 20th consecutive day.

The active cases comprised 0.28 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate had further improved to 98.52 per cent, the health ministry said.

A reduction of 12,354 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.01 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 1.36 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of recoveries surged to 4,22,70,482, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.2 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid vaccination drive exceeded 177.13 crore.

The 255 new fatalities include 177 from Kerala and 15 from Karnataka.

A total of 5,13,481 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,43,687 from Maharashtra, 64,980 from Kerala, 39,900 from Karnataka, 38,000 from Tamil Nadu, 26,117 from Delhi, 23,447 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,169 from West Bengal.