17 Covid Deaths In 24 Hours!
India is reeling under Covid-19 cases. The cases of the deadly virus are incessantly increasing and the total cases have touched to 2,214 new Covid cases and 17 deaths related to the virus in the last 24 hours.
The COVID-19 death count has climbed to 5,24,507 with 17 more fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases comprised 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 9percent cent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 130 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.46 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 0.49 percent, according to the health ministry.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4 and three crores on June 23.
A total of 5,24,507 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,47,857 from Maharashtra, 69,630 from Kerala, and 40,106 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,203 from Delhi, 23,519 from Uttar Pradesh, and 21,203 from West Bengal.
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