India Covid Live: At least 8 people died due to coronavirus on Thursday.
India reported a total of 7,584 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 4,32,05,106, the Health Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate of 2.26% per cent was observed on Friday, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded to be 1.50 per cent, the Health Ministry said.
The active COVID-19 cases rose to 36,267 and the number of deaths due to Covid climbed to 5,24,747 with 24 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the government data
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Six COVID-19 patients are currently undergoing treatment in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a health bulletin said on Friday.
The coronavirus tally of the Union Territory remained unchanged at 10,053 as no fresh infection was recorded in the last 24 hours, it said.
The six active patients are undergoing home quarantine, the bulletin said.
The toll stood at 129, while 9,918 people have recovered from the disease in the archipelago so far.
These cases were reported on Thursday, taking the district's overall caseload to 7,12,579.
On Wednesday, the district had seen 440 cases, a steep rise of more than a hundred cases as compared to the previous day.
As the virus did not claim anyone's life on Thursday, the death toll remained unchanged at 11,895, the official said, adding that the district's mortality rate stood at 1.67 per cent.
Nearly 41% Jump In Daily Covid Cases With 5,233 New InfectionsDaily coronavirus infections in India crossed 5,000 after 93 days, taking the total tally of active cases to 28,857, according to the Union Health Ministry.
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