new delhi india registered a single day rise of 58077 coronavirus infections on friday taking the tally of cases to 42536137 the daily covid19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last five consecutive daysthe death toll has climbed to 507177 with 657 daily fatalities the data updated at 8 am statedthe active cases meanwhile have declined to 697802 according to union health ministry data updated the active cases comprise 164 per cent of the total infections while the national recovery rate has further improved to 9717 per cent the health ministry saida reduction of 92987 cases has been recorded in the active covid19 caseload in a span of 24 hoursthe daily positivity rate has been recorded at 389 per cent while weekly positivity rate has been recorded at 576 per cent according to the health ministrythe number of people who have recuperated from the disease has increased to 41331158 while the case fatality rate has been recorded at 119 per centthe cumulative doses administered so far under the nationwide covid19 vaccination drive has exceeded 17179 croreindia covid19 tally had crossed two crore cases on may 4 and three cases on june 23 last yearthe 657 new fatalities include 341 from kerala and 45 from maharashtraa total of 507177 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 143292 from maharashtra 61134 from kerala 39534 from karnataka 37862 from tamil nadu 26035 from delhi 23372 from uttar pradesh and 20938 from west bengalthe health ministry said that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbiditiesour figures are being reconciled with the indian council of medical research the ministry said on its website adding that statewise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation