India reports single-day rise of 253 new Covid cases and 3 deaths in last 24 hours

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 253 coronavirus infections, while the active cases have declined to 4,597, the health ministry said on Saturday. The toll climbed to 5,30,627 with three more fatalities — two reconciled by Kerala and one death reported from Himachal Pradesh in a span of 24 hours, it stated. The active cases comprises 0.01 per cent of the total infections, which stands at 4.47 crore (4,46,73,166). The recovery rate has increased to 98.80 per cent, according to the ministry.