COVID-19 | India registers over 7,000 cases after 99 days
The Hindu
The active cases have increased to 32,498
The single-day rise in new coronavirus infections in the country was recorded over 7,000 after 99 days, registering around 39% jump in daily cases, while the daily positivity rate crossed 2% after 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
A total of 7,240 infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours taking India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,97,522, while the death toll has climbed to 5,24,723 with eight fresh fatalities, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.
The active cases have increased to 32,498, comprising 0.08% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.71%, the health ministry said.
A total of 7,554 new Covid cases were reported on March 1.
An increase of 3,641 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.13% while the weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 1.31%, according to the data.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,26,40,301, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21%.
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