The death count stands at 5,30,721...
On Monday, January 9, 2023, India recorded a single-day rise of 170 coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined by 52 to reach 2,371.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am on Monday, the total number of cases is 4.46 crore now (4, 46, 80,094).
The death count stood at 5, 30,721 with one more fatality reported from Madhya Pradesh, the health ministry data stated.
The active cases now constitute 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the country's Covid-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the health ministry website.
A decrease of 52 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The number of people who have recuperated from this virus rose to 4, 41, 47,002, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.20 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 0.11 per cent.
According to the ministry's website, 220.14 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide drive.
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