Steep rise in India's Covid-19 cases; logs 7, 240 new cases in 24 hours
New Delhi, June 9: India witnessed a big jump in the number of daily Covid-19 cases. The country reported 7,240 fresh Covid-19 cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry.
With this, the daily positivity rate crossed two percent, as per the health ministry data updated on Thursday.
This is a significant increase from the 5,233 infections and seven new fatalities registered on Wednesday, when the day positivity rate was 1.67 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 1.12 percent, according to the ministry.
With the increase in Covid-19 cases, the country's active caseload now stands at 32,498, accounting for 0.08 percent of all positive cases in India.
The daily positivity rate in the last 24 hours was 1.31 percent, while the weekly positivity rate was 2.13 percent, according to the Health Ministry.
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The last 24 hours witnessed 3,591 recoveries, bringing the total to 4,26,40,301. The recovery rate in India is at 98.71 percent.
In the last 24 hours, India conducted 3,40,615 coronavirus tests. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country has done 85.38 crore (85,38,63,238) total tests so far.
So far, the country has administered about 194.59 crore (1,94,59,81,691) vaccine doses as part of the nationwide vaccination campaign. This was accomplished through 2,48,87,047 sessions.
So far, India has administered 3,77,26,718 precaution doses.
In terms of the number of cases, Maharashtra topped the list. The state reported 2,701 new coronavirus positive cases, the highest in nearly four months.
The active caseload has surpassed 10,000, according to the health department. With the new cases, the state's total Covid-19 tally increased to 78,98,815 and the death toll increased to 11,47,866.
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