19,893 New Covid Cases In India In 24 Hours

The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections!

New Delhi: On Thursday, India reported a total of 19,893 new Covid cases, taking the total number of infections to 4,40,87,037. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases have declined to 1,36,478.

With 53 new Covid related deaths in the last 24 hours, India's covid-19 death tally rose to 5,26,530.

The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.5 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 579 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours.

Delhi reported five covid-related deaths along with 2,073 new cases on Wednesday as the positivity rate remained above 10 per cent for the third day in a row. At 11.64 per cent, it was the highest since January 24 when it was 11.79 per cent.

On Wednesday, With the fresh infections, the Covid case tally in the national capital rose to 19,60,172 while the number of deaths reached 26,321. A total of 17,815 tests were conducted the previous day to detect COVID-19, the health department data showed.

The positivity rate and daily Covid cases in the city have risen slowly in the last one week.

Delhi had reported 1,506 Covid cases, and three deaths on Tuesday while the test positivity rate stood at 10.69 per cent. The day before, the positivity rate was 11.41 per cent.

The national capital had logged 1,891 cases on June 26.

On Sunday, Delhi recorded 1,263 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 9.35 per cent. A day before, the city logged 1,333 cases with a positivity rate of 8.39 per cent while three people died from the viral disease.

On Friday, the city saw 1,245 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 7.36 per cent, and one death. It had recorded 1,128 cases on Thursday with a positivity rate of 6.56 per cent, while no death was reported.