Coronavirus update: India reports 8,954 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
Coronavirus India update: India reported 8,954 new COVID-19 cases and 267 deaths in the past 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
With the addition of new cases, the active caseload in the country stands at 99,023 which is less than one lakh after 547 days. More than 4.69 lakh people have succumbed to the virus so far as the death toll stands at 4,69,247.
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A total of 10,207 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery tally in the country to 3,40,28,506, the ministry said while giving coronavirus update about India.
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At present, the recovery rate stands at 98.36 percent, the highest since March 2020. The daily positivity rate stands at 0.81 percent and the weekly positivity rate is 0.84 percent.
Meanwhile, over 124.10 (1,24,10,86,850) crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
