Covid Update: India Witnesses Slight Decline With 9,923 Fresh Cases, 17 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

Meanwhile, 17 fatalities have been recorded across the country in the previous 24 hours, bringing the overall number of reported deaths to 5,24,890.

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India recorded 9,923 new cases in the last 24 hours, a 22.4 percent decrease from the previous day, according to the Union Health Ministry. This raises the overall number of cases in the country to 4,33,19,396, news agency ANI reported.

Meanwhile, 17 fatalities have been recorded across the country in the previous 24 hours, bringing the overall number of reported deaths to 5,24,890.

#COVID19 | India reports 9,923 fresh cases, 7,293 recoveries and 17 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Active cases 79,313
Daily positivity rate 2.55% pic.twitter.com/AcHIh3KVY1

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2022

India currently has 79,313 active cases. Active cases climbed by 2,613 in the previous 24 hours.

In the previous 24 hours, 7,293 patients recovered, bringing the overall number of recoveries to 4,27,15,193 across the nation. The recovery rate is now 98.61 percent.

Kerala leads the way with 2,786 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 2,354 cases, Delhi with 1,060 cases, Tamil Nadu with 686 cases, and Haryana with 684 cases in the top five states.

These five states were responsible for 76.28 percent of new cases, with Kerala alone accounting for 28.08 percent.

In the previous 24 hours, India has delivered a total of 13,00,024 doses, bringing the total number of doses administered to 1,96,32,43,003.

In the previous 24 hours, a total of 3,88,641 samples were examined.

(With Inputs From ANI)