New Delhi: India on Thursday reported a marginal increase in its single-day Covid-19 cases as well as deaths. According to the Union Health Ministry’s data, 7,974 new coronavirus cases ad 343 deaths were reported in the country in the past 24 hours.
Overall, India’s Covid-19 caseload has surged to 34,718,602. A total of 3,41,54,879 people have recovered from the infection, with a recovery rate of 98.38%. On the other hand, 4,76,478 people have died due to Covid-19 as per the Centre’s data. The active cases in India stand at 87,245. A decline of 231 cases was recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.57%. It has been less than 2% for the last 73 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.64%. It has been below 1% for the last 32 days, according to the health ministry.
The Covid-19 vaccination coverage in India has crossed 135.25 crore, of which 82.08 crore people have taken the first dose while 53.09 crore are fully vaccinated.
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