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The death count climbed to 5,28,165!
New Delhi: On Monday, India recorded 5,221 new covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4, 45, 00,580, while the active cases dipped to 47,176, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The death count climbed to 5, 28,165 with 15 more fatalities due to Covid in the last 24 hours.
The active cases comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.71 per cent, the Health ministry said.
A decline of 769 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in 24 hours.
On Monday, Delhi reported 63 new coronavirus cases and one death, according to data provided by the city's health department. The national capital recorded 160 recoveries, while the positivity rate stood at 1.83 per cent.
The number of active cases in the city has dropped to 619.
On Sunday, Delhi reported 137 new cases of coronavirus, according to data released by the city's health department.
The positivity rate in the national capital was recorded at 1.36 per cent, data showed.
The national capital recorded no death due to Covid and 137 fresh cases of the infection with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent on Saturday. On Friday, the city logged 123 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.06 per cent and four fatalities.
On Thursday, it reported 182 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 1.37 per cent and three fatalities.
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