new delhi india reported 226 new coronavirus infections raising the tally to 446 crore while the active cases increased to 3653 the union health ministry said on saturdaythe death toll stands at 530702 with three fatalities reconciled by kerala data updated at 8 am by the ministry statedthe daily positivity rate was recorded at 012 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 015 per cent the ministry saidit said 187983 tests for detection of covid were conducted in the last 24 hoursthe active cases comprise 001 per cent of the total infections while the national covid19 recovery rate has increased to 9880 per cent according to the health ministry websitean increase of 44 cases has been recorded in the active covid19 case count in a span of 24 hoursthe number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 44144029 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 119 per cent the ministry saidso far a total of 44678384 cases have been recorded in the countryaccording to the ministry 22010 crore doses of covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide covid19 inoculation driveindias covid19 tally had crossed the 20lakh mark on august 7 2020 30 lakh on august 23 40 lakh on september 5 and 50 lakh on september 16 it went past 60 lakh on september 28 70 lakh on october 11 crossed 80 lakh on october 29 90 lakh on november 20 and surpassed the onecrore mark on december 19 2020 the country crossed the grim milestone of two crore cases on may 4 2021 three crore cases on june 23 and four crore cases on january 25 this year