India records 1,335 fresh Covid-19 cases, 52 deaths in last 24 hours
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New Delhi: India has reported 1,335 new Coronavirus cases on Friday and with the addition of new cases, the country's active Covid tally now stands at 13,672.
India also recorded 28 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the death count to 5,21,129, according to the Health Ministry.
The Union Health Ministry data showed active cases declined to 14,704, comprising 0.03 per cent of the total infections.
With 1,918 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total number of people, who have recovered from the disease climbed to 4,24,90,922, the bulletin stated.
The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 0.22%, while the weekly positivity rate stands at 0.23%, as per government data.
Over 183.73 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far in the country, according to the Co-WIN dashboard.
India has conducted a total of 78.97 crore tests for Covid detection so far, with 6,06,036 being held in the last 24 hours, the government also said.
The government also said that more than 184.97 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far. More than 15.62 crore balance and unutilised vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs, it added.
Meanwhile, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 488.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.14 million and vaccinations to over 10.88 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world`s highest number of cases and deaths at 80,103,665 and 980,624, according to the CSSE. India accounts for the second highest caseload at 43,024,440.