India adds 13,272 new COVID-19 cases
The Hindu
A decline of 664 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours
India on Saturday logged 13,272 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 4,43,27,890, while the number of active cases came down to 1,01,166, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 5,27,289 with 36 fatalities, including six deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated.
The active cases comprise 0.23% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98.58%, the Ministry said.
A decline of 664 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.21 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.87 per cent, the ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,36,99,435, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.19 per cent, it said.
So far, 209.40 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive, it added.
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