62,224 new Covid-19 cases in India
Patients who have contracted the coronavirus rest in a classroom at a school which has been converted into a Covid-19 care facility on June 15, 2021 in in Usgaon Village on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. (Photo by Fariha Farooqui/Getty Images)
By:
Pramod Kumar
INDIA on Wednesday (16) reported 62,224 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed.
The South Asian country’s total Covid-19 case load now stands at 29.63 million, while total fatalities are at 379,573, the data showed. India added 2,542 deaths overnight.
The active cases further declined to 865,432 comprising 2.92 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.80 per cent.
A net decline of 47,946 cases has been recorded in the Covid-19 caseload in the past 24 hours.
As many as 1,930,987 tests were conducted on Tuesday (15) taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of Covid-19 in the country to 383,306,971. The daily positivity rate dropped to 3.22 per cent .
It has been less than five per cent for nine consecutive days, the ministry said, adding that the weekly positivity rate has declined to 4.17 per cent.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 28,388,100, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.28 per cent, the data stated.
Cumulatively, 261,972,014 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The 2,542 new fatalities include 1,458 from Maharashtra, 267 from Tamil Nadu, 166 from Kerala and 115 from Karnataka.
According to the health ministry, more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
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