Coronavirus: India reports 48,786 new COVID-19 infections, 1,005 deaths in 24 hours
India added 48,786 new cases of coronavirus taking the total tally to 3,04,11,634, while the national recovery rate improved to 96.97%, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
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FollowIndia registered 48,786 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a slight increase from the daily count on Wednesday, as per the Union Ministry of Health data.
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Due to the viral disease, 1,005 people died, taking the fatalities count to 399,459.
With this, the active cases have now come down below 6 lakh. The country has 5,23,257 active cases presently and has witnessed 3,99,459 deaths so far.
According to the Union health ministry, a total of 61,588 people have been discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total discharge to 2,94,88,918 till date.
With this, India's recovery rate reached 96.97% and active cases comprises 1.72% of the total infections. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.54%. It has been less than five per cent for 24 consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 2.64%.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, 41,20,21,494 samples have been tested up to June 29 for Covid-19. Of these 19,21,450 samples were tested on Wednesday.
The ministry said that a total of 33,57,16,019 people have been vaccinated so far in the country, including 27,60,345 who were administered vaccines in the last 24 hours.
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