Coronavirus: India reports 50,848 fresh cases, 1,358 deaths in 24 hours
On Wednesday, India reported 50,848 fresh cases and 1,358 deaths, with the daily positivity rate at 2.67%.
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FollowIndia recorded less than 50,848 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the overall cases tally to 3,00,28,709, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. A day earlier (on Tuesday), the country, for the first time in 91 days, had recorded less than 50,000 daily cases at 42,640.
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Cumulatively, the country reported 3,00,28,709 cases of which active cases were 6,43,194, recovered cases were 2,89,94,855 and the death toll was 3,90,660, according to Health Ministry data.
Meanwhile, 1,358 more people succumbed to the Covid-19 infection in the last 24 hours with maximum casualties being reported in Maharashtra (482), followed by Tamil Nadu with 194 daily deaths. The nationwide toll due to Covid-19 has now mounted to 3,90,660.
The Covid-19 recovery rate in the country has risen to 96.56%, while the daily positivity rate is at 2.67%, the Union health ministry said. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5% and is currently at 3.12%.
Besides this, the country conducted 19,01,056 tests and the testing capacity was substantially ramped up to 39.59 crore.
Also, India has administered a total of 54,24,374 doses in the last 24 hours, which brings the total tally of doses administered to 29,46,39,511.
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