India sees rise in Covid-19 cases,29 deaths in 24 hours
India witnessed a jump in daily Covid-19 cases, logging in 9,629 fresh cases of the infection in the last 24 hours
New-Delhi: India on Wednesday logged 9,629 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health ministry data.
The death toll rose to 5,31,398 with 29 fatalities. The highest number of deaths, six were recorded in Delhi, three each in Maharashtra and Rajasthan, and two each in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The health ministry says the fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent.
The active case count, according to the ministry, is 61,013 with 11,967 people recovered from the virus.
The daily positivity rate, according to the ministry data, is 3.53 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 5.43 per cent with total number of those who recuperated from the disease reaching 4,4323,045.
According to the ministry’s data, 2,20,66,50,086 doses of Covid vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide inoculation drive, and 5,407 injections were administered in a single day.
Yesterday, India saw dip in single-day Covid-19 cases, records 6,660 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours.
The active cases in the country now stands at 63,380 from 65,683 yesterday. India saw a total of 9,213 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Ms Kalinga