New Delhi: India witnessed a slight increase in fresh coronavirus cases, recording 15,102 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending at 8 am on Wednesday.
The daily positivity rate was at 1.28 per cent. India's active caseload currently stands at 1,64,522.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said the number of active cases has fallen below two lakh after 49 days.
As many as 278 people lost their lives due to the infection in the country in the last 24 hours. With this, the total fatality count has reached 5,12,622.
Meanwhile, India's recovery rate stands at 98.42 per cent. A total of 31,377 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total recoveries to 4,21,89,887 across the country.
Additionally, the cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive have exceeded 176.19 crore. As many as 11,83,438 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours to detect the presence of the virus.
Meanwhile, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 427.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.90 million and vaccinations to over 10.40 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world`s highest number of cases and deaths at 78,642,385 and 938,938, according to the CSSE.