Covid cases in India dip to 1,542

at 12:21 pm
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New Delhi: India registered a decline in single-day Covid cases, with 1,542 new Covid cases being registered in the last 24 hours, against 2,060 cases reported during the previous day.

The country’s active caseload stood at 26,449 constituting 0.06% of the total Covid cases, Union Health Ministry Ministry said this morning.

The cumulative death toll due to the pandemic since 2020 rose to 5,28,913, it said.

The recovery rate is currently at 98.76%, with 1,919 patients being recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

With this the cumulative recoveries across the country have reached 4,40,77,068, it said.

The daily positivity rate stands at 0.68% and the weekly positivity rate is at 1.02%, the Ministry said.

With the administration of 4,23,087 Covid vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the country’s cumulative vaccination coverage has reached 219.37 crores.