India on Friday reported a total of 2,59,551 new Covid-19 cases, a drop from over 2.76 lakh recorded a day ago, according to the updated data released by the Union health ministry. With this, the country's total coronavirus case tally has gone up to 26,031,991. Daily deaths, however, breached the 4,000-mark once again. India recorded 4,209 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll due to the virus to 2,91,331. According to the health ministry, more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. The active cases further reduced to 30,27,925 comprising 11.63 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 87.25 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,27,12,735, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.12 per cent, the data stated.

India on Friday reported a total of 2,59,551 new Covid-19 cases, a drop from over 2.76 lakh recorded a day ago, according to the updated data released by the Union health ministry. With this, the country's total coronavirus case tally has gone up to 26,031,991. Daily deaths, however, breached the 4,000-mark once again. India recorded 4,209 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the overall death toll due to the virus to 2,91,331. According to the health ministry, more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. The active cases further reduced to 30,27,925 comprising 11.63 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate improved to 87.25 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,27,12,735, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.12 per cent, the data stated.