Corona: 5,379 New Cases Reported in India

New Delhi: India records 5,379 corona cases along with 27 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Active Covid cases have declined to 50,594, while the death toll has climbed to 5,28,057 with 27 fatalities, including 11 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.

The active cases comprise 0.11 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.70 percent, the health ministry said.

A decline of 1,742 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.67 percent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2 percent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,38,93,590, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 percent.

According to the ministry, 213.91 crore doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5, and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20, and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crores on May 4, three crores on June 23 last year, and four crores on January 25 this year.

The 16 new fatalities include two each from Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and West Bengal among others.

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