COVID-19: In the last 24 hours, fresh infections have increased to 11,109. While the number of active cases is 49,622. India crossed the 11,000-mark on Friday, according to the latest figures provided by the health ministry. This week, India witnessed a continuous surge for the fifth day in a row. On Thursday, the country witnessed a single-day spike of 10,158 coronavirus cases, the highest in nearly eight months, while 19 more deaths were recorded, including four accounted for by Kerala.
the death toll
The death toll climbed to 5,31,064 with 29 deaths. While three deaths each were reported from Delhi and Rajasthan, two each from Chhattisgarh and Punjab and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh besides nine in Kerala. People died. , Data updated at 8 am.
daily positivity rate
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.01 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 4.29 per cent. The ministry said that the number of Covid cases has crossed 4.47 crore (4,47,97,269), active cases now comprise 0.11 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.70 per cent.
The number of people recovering from the disease increased to 4,42,16,586 and the death rate was recorded at 1.19 percent. According to the website of the ministry, 220.66 crore doses of Kovid vaccine have been given so far in the country under the nationwide vaccination campaign.
(With inputs from PTI)
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