India recorded a huge jump of 666 deaths in the daily Covid deaths today as Kerala revised its data to add 291 more casualties. The new figures take the total death count to 4,53,708, according to the data shared by the health ministry at 8 am.

Another 16,326 fresh cases were added, 3.4 per cent higher than yesterday. The country’s active caseload accounts for less than 1 per cent of the total cases (1,73,728).

As many as 68.48 Lakh vaccines were administered in the past 24 hours, taking the vaccine count to 101.30 crore doses.

The active cases decreased to 1,73,728 comprising 0.51 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.16 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the health ministry said.

A decrease of 2,017 cases has been recorded in the total active number of COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours.

As many as 13,64,681 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 59,84,31,162.

The country on Friday saw a single-day rise of 15,786 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 3,41,43,236, while the active cases have declined to 1,75,745, the lowest in 232 days, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated on Friday.

On Friday, one of the worst hit state, Maharashtra – reopened cinema halls, theatres and auditoriums with 50 per cent seating capacity as COVID-19 cases are going down in the state.

India completed the milestone of achieving 1 billion Covid vaccine doses on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi, addressing the nation a day after, said that it was “not just a number” but the symbol of the country’s ability and of “new India”. India’s critics had been silenced, he said, tacking the vaccination record onto Diwali cheer and a sense of optimism across sectors.