India reports 50,407 fresh COVID 19 cases, 804 deaths

India reports 50,407 coronavirus infections, with the tally of cases to 4,25,86,544, while the active cases have declined to 6,10,443, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,07,981 with 804 daily fatalities, reported on Saturday. The daily COVID-19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last six consecutive days.

The active cases comprise 1.43 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further improved to 97.37 per cent, the ministry said. It’s reported that a reduction of 87,359 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.48 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 5.07 per cent, according to the ministry.

A total of 5,07,981 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,43,355 from Maharashtra, 61,626 from Kerala, 39,575 from Karnataka, 37,887 from Tamil Nadu, 26,047 from Delhi, 23,382 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,965 from West Bengal. The health ministry said that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.