India reported 226 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 44.6 million, while the active cases increased to 3,653, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The death toll stands at 530,702 with three fatalities reconciled by Kerala, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.12 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 0.15 per cent, the ministry said.

It said 187,983 tests for detection of Covid were conducted in the last 24 hours.The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the health ministry website.

An increase of 44 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 44,144,029, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent, the ministry said.So far, a total of 44,678,384 cases have been recorded in the country.