NEW DELHI, June 27: India logged 17,073 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 4,34,07,046, while the daily positivity crossed 5 per cent after over four months, the Union Health Ministry said today.
The death toll climbed to 5,25,020 with 21 fresh fatalities, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.
The active cases increased to 94,420, comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.57 per cent, the Ministry said. An increase of 1,844 cases was recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours, as per the data.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.62 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.39 per cent, it stated.
The daily positivity crossed 5 per cent after a gap of 139 days.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,87,606, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
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