India Logs 13,615 New COVID-19 Cases

20 Covid Deaths In 24 Hours!


The cases of the horrific Covid-19 have not been ended yet. Whereas India logged 13,615 new cases of the deadly virus leading to 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.

 

The country's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,36,52,944 and the death count climbed to 5,25,474 with 20 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

 

The active cases comprise 0.30 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent.

 

An increase of 330 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

 

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.23 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.24 per cent, according to the ministry.

 

According to the ministry, 199 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

 

A total of 5,25,474 deaths have been reported so far in the country including  1,47,978 from Maharashtra, 70,153 from Kerala, 40,124 from Karnataka, 38,028 from Tamil Nadu, 26,284 from Delhi, 23,547 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,246 from  West Bengal.

 

The ministry stressed that more than 70 percent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

 

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