New Delhi: India recorded 13,166 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours on Friday. This took the tally of COVID-19 cases in the country to 4,28,94,345.
The Union Health Ministry data stated that active cases dipped to 1,34,235.
The fatality count soared to 5,13,226 with 302 new deaths, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 18 successive days.
The active cases are 0.31 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.49 per cent, said the ministry.
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