16,000 New Covid-19 Cases In India In 24 Hours

198 crore doses of the covid vaccines have been administered in the country

New Delhi: In India, at least 16,159 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,47,809.

On Wednesday, India also recorded 28 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 5,25,270.

According to Union Health Ministry data, the active cases stand at 1,15,212, comprising 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate was recorded at 98.53 per cent, the ministry said.

Over 198 crore doses of the coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the country so far, the Co-WIN dashboard showed.

On Thursday, 07 July 2022, Delhi logged 622 fresh Covid cases and two more deaths, while the positivity rate rose to 3.17 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department here.

With this, Delhi's Covid-19 cases reached 19,10,613 while the death cases rose to 26,216. A total of 19,619 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the delhi the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra on Thursday recorded 2,813 new coronavirus cases, the highest in nearly four months, and one pandemic-related death, the state health department said.

The number of active cases rose to 11,571. Mumbai recorded 1,702 infections and the lone death during the day.

The daily rise in cases was the highest since February 15 when 2,831 infections had come to light.

The caseload rose to 79,01,628, and death toll to 1,47,867.

Maharashtra had recorded 2,701 new cases and zero fatalities on Wednesday.