India registers 15,815 new Covid cases, deaths rise to 68

at 1:58 pm

New Delhi: India registered 15,815 fresh Covid cases and 68 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 5,26,996.

The country’s active caseload stood at 1,19,264 constituting 0.27% of the total Covid cases, it said.

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The recovery rate is currently at 98.54%, with 20,018 patients being recovered in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

With this the cumulative recoveries across the country have reached 4,35,93,112, it said.

The daily positivity rate stands at 4.36% and the weekly positivity rate is at 4.79%, the Ministry said.

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Yesterday, the country registered 16,561 fresh Covid cases and 49 fatalities in 24 hours.

A day prior to that, the country registered 16,299 fresh Covid cases and 53 fatalities in 24 hours.

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

The country registered 12,751 new cases and 42 fatalities during the previous 24 hours.