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The Covid-19 and the spread of the vicious virus have been rising again. The fear among the people has also created havoc to safeguard themselves from the deadly virus.
India recorded 4,270 new Covid-19 cases, 15 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 5,24,692, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health on Sunday (June 5, 2022). The active cases stand at 24,052.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.03 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.84 per cent, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, the 15 new fatalities include 13 from Kerala and one each from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
An increase of 1,636 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The country also recorded 2,619 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,26,28,073.
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.
The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. The 15 new fatalities include 13 from Kerala and one each from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh A total of 5,24,692 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,47,865 from Maharashtra, 69,786 from Kerala, 40,107 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,212 from Delhi, 23,520 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,204 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
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