India sees spike in COVID-19 cases, reports 9,629 new infections in 24 hours; check details

On Tuesday, the Union health ministry said that India logged 6,660 COVID-19 infections in a day while active cases decreased to 63,380. The death toll has increased to 5,31,369 with 24 deaths, which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

India sees spike in COVID-19 cases, reports 9,629 new infections in 24 hours; check details AJR

India on Wednesday (April 26) reported as many as 9,629 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours which is around 3,000 cases more than what it witnessed on Tuesday. The current active caseload in the country stands at 61,013. 

On Tuesday, the Union health ministry said that India logged 6,660 COVID-19 infections in a day while active cases decreased to 63,380. The death toll has increased to 5,31,369 with 24 deaths, which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

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The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 3.52 percent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 5.42 percent. The COVID case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore.

Now, the active cases comprise of 0.14 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.67 percent, the ministry said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,43, 11,078 and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent. the health ministry also said that 220.66 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

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Meanwhile, on Monday, India registered 7,178 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours registering a minor dip in cases for the second day in a row. The active cases now stand at 65,683, as per the latest data by the Union Health Ministry.

The number of recoveries in the past 24 hours is 9,011 while the eight deaths were reconciled, as per the ministry's data. The total number of fatalities has now reached 3,31,345.  Active cases are at present 0.15 percent of total cases while the recovery rate is at 98.67 percent.

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