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Business News›News›Newsblogs›Covid India News Live Updates: India reports 1,088 fresh cases, 1081 recoveries, and 26 deaths in the last 24 hours
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Economic Times | 13 Apr, 2022 | 09:59AM IST
Covid India News Live Updates: India reports 1,088 fresh cases, 1081 recoveries, and 26 deaths in the last 24 hours
The Union Health Ministry said that 1081 recoveries and 26 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate is at 0.25% while active COVID cases stand at 10,870.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. A reduction of 19 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.25 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.24 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,05,410, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.21 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 186.07 crore.
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. A reduction of 19 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.25 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.24 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,05,410, while the case fatality rate was recorded as 1.21 per cent.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 186.07 crore.
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News wire agency ANI said that CM Bagel will to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence this evening to discuss issues mainly on impact of GST system on the resources of the state, policy issues related to Naxal problem, and issues related to coordination with central paramilitary forces.
India has 0.03 per cent active Covid cases
The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. A reduction of 19 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.25 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.24 per cent, according to the ministry.
India reports 1,088 fresh cases
The Union Health Ministry said that 1081 recoveries and 26 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate is at 0.25% while active COVID cases stand at 10,870.
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