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Covid-related fatalities are 5,27,416!
New Delhi: On Tuesday, India reported 8,586 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 4,43,57,546.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the country also reported 48 deaths due to Covid, bringing the total number of Covid-related fatalities to 5,27,416.
The total active cases comprise 0.22 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.59 per cent, the health ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.15 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.59 per cent, the ministry said.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.15 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.59 per cent, the ministry said.
On Tuesday, Delhi recorded a 50 percent rise in daily Covid cases to 959 while nine people died due to the virus, according to data shared by the city health department.
However, the test positivity rate declined to 6.14 percent, as the fresh cases came out of 15,631 tests conducted the previous day, the health department said.
With the fresh cases and fatalities, Delhi's infection tally increased to 19,95,407 and the death toll to 26,436, it said.
On Monday, Delhi had reported 625 fresh COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, while the positivity rate stood at 9.27 percent.
On Sunday, the national capital reported 942 cases with a positivity rate of 7.25 percent.
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