India registers 6,298 new Covid cases, 23 deaths

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New Delhi: India registered 6,298 fresh Covid cases and 23 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 5,28,273.

The country’s active caseload stood at 46,748 constituting 0.10% of the total Covid cases, it said.

The recovery rate is currently at 98.71%, with 5,916 patients being recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

With this the cumulative recoveries across the country have reached 4,39,47,756, it said.

The daily positivity rate stands at 1.89% and the weekly positivity rate is at 1.70%, the Ministry said.

With the administration of 19,61,896 Covid vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the country’s cumulative vaccination coverage has reached 216.17 crores.

Yesterday, the country registered 6,422 fresh Covid cases and 34 deaths in 24 hours.