India Records 7,231 New COVID-19 Cases…

45 Deaths In 24 Hours!


The cases of the vicious coronavirus has taken the tally to 7,231new cases with 45 deaths in 24 hours. 


According to the data given by the union Health Ministry, it stated that, India reported 7,231 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related infections to 4, 44, and 28,393. The number of active cases came down to 64,667, the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.


India also recorded 45 fatalities, taking the Covid-related death tally to 5, 27,874.The active cases comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.67 per cent, the ministry said.


A drop of 1,065 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.


India crossed the grim milestone of two crore coronavirus cases on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year.


The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.05 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.55 per cent, according to the health ministry.


The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4, 38, 35,852, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.


According to the ministry, 212.39 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

 

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