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On Thursday, India has reported 16,156 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload of the country to 3,42,31,809, as per the data updated by Union health ministry. With 733 more people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours, the death toll has climbed to 4,56,386. 

The active cases have declined to 1,60,989, which is the lowest in 243 days, as per the Union Health Ministry latest data update on Thursday.

The daily increase in fresh Covid-19 infections has been below 30,000 for 34 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 123 consecutive days now.

The active cases comprise 0.47% of the total infections, which is the lowest since March 2020, whereas the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.20%, which is the highest since March 2020, said the health ministry in the latest data update. 

As per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), over 12.90 lakh Covid-19 tests were conducted in the country in the last 24 hours.