India records 14,506 fresh Covid-19 cases, 30 deaths in last 24 hours
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New Delhi: India reported 14,506 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry data. With this, the country's total tally of coronavirus cases rose to 4,34,33, 345.
The country's active coronavirus caseload currently stands at 99,602.
India recorded 30 deaths due to the coronavirus, and with it the death count has climbed to 5,25,077, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The 30 new fatalities were constituted 12 from Kerala, five from Maharashtra, four from Delhi, three from Goa, two from Bihar, and one each from Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.
Active cases comprise 0.23 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.56 percent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 2,902 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.35 percent, almost equal to the weekly positivity rate, which was recorded at 3.36 percent, according to the health ministry The number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 4,28,08,666, while the overall fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 percent.
According to the ministry, 197.46 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
India's COVID-19 tally surpassed the 1-crore mark on December 19, 2020.
The country crossed the grim milestone of 2 crores on May 4, 2021, and 4 crores on January 25 this year.