Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 35,199

India has recorded 11,692 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 66,170, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

India has recorded 1,580 fresh Covid infections, while the active cases have come down to 18,009 from 19,613, according to the Union Health Ministry data on May 12.

In the last 24 hours, Karnataka recorded 125 new cases of Covid-19 and three deaths related to the virus. The total number of active cases in the state now stands at 436. In the same period, 30 patients were discharged, and a total of 3,155 tests were conducted, including 2,072 RT-PCR and 1,083 Rapid Antigen tests. The positivity rate is reported at 3.96%, and the case fatality rate is at 2.4%.

India has recorded 24 new coronavirus infections, the lowest since January 2020 when the first case of the virus was reported in Kerala, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The count of active cases was 1,431 while the death toll was recorded as 5,31,913, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active COVID-19 cases now comprise 0.12% of the total infections while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.69, according to the Union Health Ministry website