India registers 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, highest in around eight months
India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in about eight months, and the active case load jumped to 65,286, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday
A health worker takes a swab sample from a child for a Covid-19 test at a railway station in New Delhi on 2 June, 2021. AFP File
New Delhi: India recorded 12,591 new Covid cases in a day, the highest in about eight months, and the active case load jumped to 65,286, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday
As per the data updated at 8 am, the death toll has increased to 5,31,230 with 40 fatalities, which includes 11 reconciled by Kerala.
The total tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4.48 crore. The daily positivity rate was 5.46 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 5.32 per cent.
Active cases now comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.67 per cent, according to the health ministry website.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,42,61, 476 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
With inputs from agencies
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