Covid update: 4,777 new cases, 12 deaths reported in India

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New Delhi: India registered 4,777 fresh Covid cases and 12 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 5,28,510.

The country’s active caseload stood at 43,994 constituting 0.10% of the total Covid cases, it said.

The recovery rate is currently at 98.72%, with 5,196 patients being recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

With this the cumulative recoveries across the country have reached 4,39,95,610, it said.

The daily positivity rate stands at 1.58% and the weekly positivity rate is at 1.63%, the Ministry said.

With the administration of 15,63,151 Covid vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the country’s cumulative vaccination coverage has reached 217.56 crores.

Yesterday, the country registered 4,912   fresh Covid cases in 24 hours.