The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.94 per cent!
New Delhi: On Thursday, 23 June 2022, India reported 13,313 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 4,33,44,958. According to Union health ministry data, the number of active cases increased to 83,990 in the country.
India also reports 38 new Covid related deaths today, bringing the total number of fatalities to 5,24,941.
The active cases comprise 0.19 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.60 per cent, the Health Ministry said.
Active cases have increased by 2,303 in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.94 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.90 per cent, the ministry said.
On Wednesday, Delhi reported 928 new Covid-19 cases (lowest since June 13) and 3 pandemic related deaths. There are 5,054 active cases in Delhi while the city’s positivity rate stands at 7.08%.
26,453 people got vaccinated in the national capital in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile Mumbai recorded 1,648 new Covid cases and the total number of active cases in the city stands at 13,501 on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and CM Uddhav Thackeray tested positive for Covid-19. Their diagnosis comes at a time when the state is in the midst of a political crisis.
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