Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: Total 3.06 Crore Covid Cases Reported In India So Far, Over 4.04 Lakh Deaths

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Over 4.4 lakh Covid deaths have been recorded in the country since the pandemic began early last year.

India reported 43,733 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, quite higher than Tuesday's 34,703, and added 930 deaths. Over 4.4 lakh deaths have been recorded in the country since the pandemic began early last year. The active Covid cases have declined to 4.59 lakh in India - the infections are going down each day. Active cases constitute 1.5 per cent of total infections. The recovery rate has now increased to 97.18 per cent. The daily positivity rate is at 2.29 per cent - less than 3 per cent for 16 straight days in a major sign of relief. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Covid positivity rate below 5 per cent to be within the safe zone. Meanwhile, more than four million people have now died of Covid-19 infections, the WHO said on Wednesday, as many richer nations prepared to loosen restrictions even as countries in Asia battle surging infections.