The death toll in the unrest in Kashmir rose to 44.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.20 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.06 per cent.
The doubling time of coronavirus cases in India has improved to 15.4 days from 13.3 days, the Union health ministry said on Saturday, as the country's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 4,971 and the total cases rose to 1,73,763. The doubling time has improved during the past three days, it said. As many as 11,264 COVID-19 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours till Saturday 8 am, the highest number of recoveries recorded in one day, pushing India's recovery rate to 47.40 per cent, it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,38,45,680.
The active cases further declined to 10,26,159 comprising 3.49 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.26 per cent.
With the recovery of five more bodies, the death toll in the explosions that rocked two private factories manufacturing explosives for coal mining has climbed to 15.
India logged 10,649 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,43,68,195, while the active cases declined to 96,442, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.
Rayees Ahmad, who was among the nine persons injured in the army firing last week, succumbed to injuries at a hospital on Wednesday morning, police said.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament.
The active cases account for 0.06 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has gone up to 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.53 per cent, the ministry said.
Doggedly persisting with its much-criticised zero-Covid policy, China has slipped deeper into the coronavirus quagmire as it reported a record 31,444 infections on Thursday with many of its cities, including Beijing, resorting to community lockdowns to stem the virus amid worsening wintery weather.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.44 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.88 per cent, according to the ministry.
India reported a single-day rise of 547 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest since April 8, 2020, taking the tally of the infection in the country to 4,46,66,924, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll climbed to 5,28,778 with 24 fatalities including 12 reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
With 12,751 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,74,650, while the active cases have declined to 1,31,807, according to the Union health ministry data.
Shocks were also felt in Pakistan, Lebanon, Kuwait and Turkey, news agencies in those countries reported.
The country witnessed 20 more deaths due to swine flu as the toll of the contagious disease climbed to 2,084 and over 34,000 people were still infected by the H1N1 virus.
With 16,167 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,61,899, while the active cases have increased to 1,35,510, according to the Union health ministry data.
The death toll has climbed to 5,26,689 with 40 fatalities which include eight deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections.
The death toll has climbed to 5,24,157 with 54 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
An increase of 3,482 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The active Covid cases have increased to 1,32,457. They comprise 0.30 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.49 per cent, the ministry said.
The active cases comprise 0.30 per cent of the total infections.
Active case tally increased by 3,769 and now comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections.
The death toll climbed to 5,21,965 with 214 fresh fatalities, including 213 from Kerala.
With the fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,42,96,237.
The death toll has climbed to 5,25,343 with 38 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases account for 0.05 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on the emerging Covid-19 situation in the country on Wednesday through video conferencing, an official said.
The death toll climbed to 5,24,636 with six fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The death toll climbed to 5,25,199 with 31 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
There is mounting evidence that suggests that Omicron subvariants -BA.4 and BA.5 - are infecting people who have been vaccinated.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.
The health ministry said that 5,22,149 deaths have been reported so far in the country.
With the fresh cases, the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 3,43,77,113.
The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.
The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,26,110 with 36 new fatalities being recorded.
India's Covid case positivity rate went past one per cent again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections and 26 fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data.
