COVID-19: India reports 13,166 fresh cases, 26,988 recoveries & 302 deaths in last 24 hours

COVID-19: India reports 13,166 fresh cases, 26,988 recoveries & 302 deaths in last 24 hours

The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 19 consecutive days.

PTIUpdated: Friday, February 25, 2022, 09:43 AM IST
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New Delhi: India logged 13,166 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,28,94,345, while the active cases declined to 1,34,235, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

The death toll climbed to 5,13,226 with 302 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The daily COVID-19 cases have remained less than one lakh for 19 consecutive days.

The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.49 per cent, the ministry said.

A reduction of 14,124 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.

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