Health ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal informed that with 1543 new cases in the last 24 hours, the total COVID-19 positive cases in the country are now 29,435. He said that 684 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours. “Our recovery rate is now 23.3%. This is a progressive increase in recovery rate,” he added. Lav Agarwal further informed that 17 districts have not reported any case in the last 28 days, where COVID-19 cases were found previously.