With 11,919 fresh cases, India’s Covid-19 tally has climbed to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union health ministry said on Thursday morning. The toll shot up to 4,64,623 with 470 more deaths.

The number of active cases of the infection has gone up to 1,28,762, accounting for 0.37 per cent of the total caseload, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.28 per cent, the highest since March 2020, the ministry said. An increase of 207 cases in the active Covid-19 caseload was recorded in a span of 24 hours, it added.