Covid-19 updates: India reports 5,921 new infections, 289 deaths, daily positivity rate at 0.63%

New Delhi: Following a steady fall in daily Covid-19 infections, India reported 5,921 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday (March 5). With 289 fatalities in the span of 24 hours, the death toll reached 5,14,878.

The daily positivity rate further declined to 0.63% from 0.69% a day before, while the weekly positivity rate also dipped to 0.84 per cent from 0.90 per cent on Friday.

Around 11,651 people recovered from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,23,78,721.

On March 4, India had registered 6,396 new Covid-19 cases and 201 deaths.

The daily Covid-19 cases have been less than one lakh for 27 consecutive days in India.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that 9,40,905 samples were tested on March 4. The total samples tested for coronavirus up to March 4 have mounted to 77,19,14,261.