16,464 New Covid Cases In India In 24 Hours

The active Covid-19 cases increased to 1,43,676

New Delhi: India reported a total of 16,464 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overall number of Covid-related infections in the country to 4,40,36,275.

The active COVID-19 cases increased to 1,43,989, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

According to government data, On Sunday, India also reported 39 Covid-related fatalities, taking the total number of deaths to 5,26,396.

The active cases comprise 1.6 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.5 per cent, the ministry said.

On Sunday, Delhi recorded 1,263 fresh COVID-19 cases while the positivity rate rose to 9.35 percent, showed the data shared by the health department.

The daily count of covid-19 cases remained above the 1,000-mark for the fifth consecutive day, while the positivity rate in the city was above 5 per cent for the straight ninth day. The city had seen 1,891 cases on June 26, according to official data.

Covid cases have steadily risen in the last one week.

Delhi recorded 1,333 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest single-day rise in over a month, with a positivity rate of 8.39 per cent while three more people succumbed to the viral disease.

West Bengal's Covid tally reached 20,93,891 on Sunday as 1,011 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.

Seven more patients died due to the infection, pushing the total count to 21,366.

The number of active cases dipped to 15,314 from 16,699 on the previous day as 2,389 more people were cured of the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 20,57,211.