The Country Reported 15 new Covid-related Deaths!
New Delhi: On Monday, India reported 2,424 new coronavirus infections taking the total number of Covid cases to 4,46,14,437, while the active cases dipped to 28,079, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The country also reported 15 new Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 5,28,814.
The active cases comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.75 per cent, the ministry said.
A decrease of 514 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in the last 24 hours.
Delhi on Sunday recorded 79 new Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.52 per cent, according to data issued by the city health department.
With these fresh cases, the national capital's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,04,120 while the death toll stands at 26,505, the department said in its latest bulletin.
The new cases were detected from 5,191 tests conducted the previous day, it said. Delhi on Saturday recorded one Covid-related fatality and 137 cases with a positivity rate of 1.73 per cent.
On Friday, it reported one fatality and 101 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.38 per cent. The city on Thursday logged 57 Covid cases with a positivity rate of 2.19 per cent.
The national capital on Wednesday saw 96 cases with a positivity rate of 1.42 per cent, while it logged 74 infections with a positivity rate of 1.07 per cent on Tuesday. A day before, it reported one Covid-related fatality and 39 cases with a positivity rate of 1.56 per cent.
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