India's Covid-19 death toll topped the grim landmark of 4 lakh on Friday. The country recorded 46,617 fresh Covid-19 cases and 853 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry dashboard on Friday morning.
On a positive note, daily Covid cases have stayed under 50,000 for 5 days.
Active cases of Covid-19 in the country continued to decline and were logged at just over 5 lakh on Friday. The cumulative recoveries have also continued to outnumber the daily new infections for 50 days in a row.
The national recovery rate stands at 96.97%.