India logged a single-day rise of 4,270 coronavirus infections and 15 fatalities, pushing the overall tally to 4,31,76,817 cases and 5,24,692 deaths, according to Union Health Ministry on Saturday.
The data updated at 8 am also stated that the number of active cases in the country increased by 1,636 in 24 hours to stand at 24,052.
The active cases now constitute 0.05 per cent of the total infections, the health ministry said, adding the country's overall COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 per cent.