India logs more than 7,000 new COVID-19 infections, 25 deaths
The Hindu
The overall COVID-19 death toll rose to 5,27,965 with 33 fatalities in the last 24 hours
With 7,219 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,44,49,726, while the active cases declined to 56,745, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
The overall COVID-19 death toll rose to 5,27,965 with 33 fatalities in the last 24 hours, which includes eight deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated.
The active cases comprise 0.13% of the total infections.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.68%, the Health Ministry said.
A decline of 2,465 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.98% and the weekly at 2.42%, according to the Health Ministry.
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