India on Friday recorded 1,109 new COVID-19 cases and 43 deaths, pushing the country's tally and death toll to 4,30,33,067 and 5,21573 respectively, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,53,582 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 79,29,63,033 cumulative tests, the Ministry stated.

As per the Union Health Ministry, India’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.76 per cent after the recovery of 1,213 patients. The cumulative tally of recovered patients is 4,25,00,002 as of Friday.

Consequently, the country's COVID-19 active caseload declined to 11,492, constituting 0.03 per cent of the total positive caseload.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached 1,85,36,60,64. More than 2.10 Crore (2,10,42,592) vaccine doses have been administered to 12-14 years age group so far. More than 2.40 Crore (2,40,42,041) precaution doses have been administered, the Ministry added.