New Delhi, July 02:
India on Friday recorded 46,617 fresh cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), registering less than 50,000 infections for five consecutive days, data from the Union health ministry showed. The fresh Covid-19 cases have taken India’s cumulative tally of infections to 30,458,251.
In the last 24 hours, India also recorded 853 deaths. So far, 400,312 people have succumbed to Covid-19 in the country.
Active cases of Covid-19 in the country continued to decline and were logged at 509,637 on Friday. The cumulative recoveries in the country have also continued to outnumber the daily new infections for 50 days in a row. On Friday, at least 59,384 people recovered, taking the national recovery rate to 96.97%.