Live | Coronavirus cases in India: The total case tally has been recorded at 4.47 crore and the daily positivity rate has been recorded at 4.39 per cent.
India saw a single-day rise of 2,112 new infections taking the coronavirus tally to 4,46,40,748, while the number of active cases has declined to 24,043, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.
Almost as a silver-lining (if one could call it that), the symptoms of COVID-19 induced by BA.5 are largely mild, especially in vaccinated individuals.