New Delhi (TIP)-India registered a total of 2,858 new cases in the last 24 hours, marking a 0.6% increase from yesterday. This brings the total caseload to 4,31,19,112.

The top five states which registered the maximum fresh cases are Delhi with 899 cases, followed by Haryana with 439 cases, Kerala with 419 cases, Maharashtra with 263 cases and Uttar Pradesh with 175 cases.

Of the new cases, 76.8% were reported from these five states, with Delhi alone responsible for 31.46% of the new cases. India’s active caseload stands at 18,096. In the last 24 hours, the number of active cases has declined by 508.

A total of 11 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, increasing the total reported death count to 5,24,201. India’s recovery rate now stands at 98.74%. A total of 3,355 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total recoveries to 4,25,76,815 across the country.

India has administered a total of 15,04,734 doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 1,91,15,90,370. A total of 4,86,628 samples were also tested in the last 24 hours.

Earlier, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) developed India’s first indigenous mRNA (Messenger RNA) vaccine technology to fight against Covid-19.