India reports 2,528 new COVID-19 cases, 149 fatalities

India reports 2,528 new COVID-19 cases with infection tally stands at 4,30,04,005, while the count of active cases fell below 30,000 after around 685 days, according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,16,281 with 149 daily fatalities being recorded, data updated by the ministry. A reduction of 1,618 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload of the country in a span of 24 hours.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 6,33,867 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.18 crore tests for the disease. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,24,58,543, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent, the data showed. The cumulative number of doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 180.97 crores.