Covid update: India registers 16,299 new cases, 53 deaths

at 12:55 pm
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New Delhi: India registered 16,299 fresh Covid cases and 53 fatalities in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said today.

With this, the cumulative death toll due to the pandemic since 2020 rose to 5,26,879.

The country’s active caseload stood at 1,25,076 constituting 0.28% of the total Covid cases, it said.

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The recovery rate is currently at 98.53%, with 19,431 patients being recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

With this the cumulative recoveries across the country have reached 4,35,55,041, it said.

Daily positivity rate stands at 4.58% and the weekly positivity rate is at 4.85%, the Ministry said.

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Yesterday, the country registered 16,047 new cases and 54 fatalities in 24 hours.

A day earlier, the government reported registration of 12,751 fresh Covid cases and 42 fatalities in the preceding 24 hours.

A day prior to that, the country registered 16,167 fresh cases in 24 hours.

On Sunday, the country registered 18,738 fresh cases and 49 deaths in 24 hours.