A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a graffiti on a street in Navi Mumbai, India. File/ Reuters

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India on Saturday reported a dip in the daily coronavirus caseload as it recorded 38,667 fresh infections in the last 24 hours as daily deaths in the country rose by 478, health ministry data showed. Total cases rose to 32.12 million.

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The recovery rate from the SARS-CoV2 virus stood at 97.45 per cent. A total of 478 deaths in the same duration pushed the toll to 4,30,732.

As per the COVID bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 48 consecutive days.

A woman on a wheelchair receives a dose of COVISHIELD in Mumbai, India. File/Reuters

The bulletin further said the active caseload registered a growth of 2,446 on Saturday and the total caseload climbed to 3,87,673. The active caseloads constitute 1.21 per cent of total cases..

A total 35,743 patients were discharged from the hospitals and health centres in the past one day, taking the total number of cured to 3,13,38,088 till date in India. The Weekly Positivity Rate remained below 5 per cent and is currently at 2.05 per cent.

The daily positivity rate has continued to remain below 3 per cent for 19 continuous days and currently stands at 1.73 per cent.