New Delhi, Sep 10: India logged 34,973 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,31,74,954 while the active cases declined to 3,90,646, Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday revealed.
According to the data updated at 8 am, the death toll climbed to 4,42,009 with 260 fresh fatalities.
A reduction of 2968 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
As many as 17,87,611 tests were conducted on Thursday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 53,86,04,854.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,23,42,299 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 percent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive has exceeded 72.37 crore.