DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Punjab on Wednesday reported 54 coronavirus cases, taking the state's infection count to 6,00,060, according to a medical bulletin. No death was reported on Wednesday due to which the state's fatality count remained at 16,345. Ferozepur reported 14 cases, followed by six in Jalandhar and five in Amritsar. With 50 recoveries from the infection, the number of cured persons reached 5,83,170, as per the bulletin. The state currently has 545 cases. Meanwhile, Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, reported six cases, taking the union territory's infection count to 62,045, according to a medical bulletin. The count also includes four positive cases, which were not reported earlier. The death toll stood at 811. The number of active cases in the city was 44 while the number of cured persons was 61,190. India added 35,178 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,22,85,857, while the national recovery rate improved to 97.52 per cent, the highest since March 2020, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,32,519 with 440 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The active cases declined to 3,67,415, the lowest in 148 days, and comprise 1.14 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, the ministry said. Less than 50,000 daily cases have been reported for 52 consecutive days. A reduction of 2,431 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. As many as 17,97,559 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 49,84,27,083 . The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.96 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 23 days.The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.95 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 54 days, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,14,85,923, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated. Cumulatively, 56.06 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive so far. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. (editor@dailyworld.in)