India logs 12,249 new Covid-19 Cases, 13 deaths

India reported 12,249 new coronavirus infections and 13 deaths, while active cases went up by over 2,300 in a 24-hour span, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The latest updates pushed the country’s overall Covid numbers to 4,33,31,645 cases, 5,24,903 deaths and 81,687 active cases, the data released at 8 am showed. The number of active cases rose by 2,374 from Tuesday, and now constitutes 0.19 percent of the total infections, the health ministry said.

The country’s COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.60 percent as the number of people who have recuperated from the disease increased to 4,27,25,055. The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 percent.

India’s active caseload stands at 81,687. In the last 24 hours, active cases have increased by 2,374.

India administered a total of 12,28,291 doses in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally of doses administered to 1,96,45,99,906. A total of 3,10,623 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

According to the ministry, 196.45 crore doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020. It surpassed the grim milestone of four crore cases on January 25 this year.

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