India Reports 1,49,394 Fresh Cases Of Covid-19 In Last 24 Hours, 13% Less Than Yesterday

The active caseload of the country stood at 14,35,569 while the death toll reached 5,00,055. The daily positivity rate was at 9.27 percent while the weekly positivity rate was at 12.03 percent. 

New Delhi: India logged 1,49,394 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours which was less than 13 percent of the cases reported on Thursday. During the same time, 2,46,674 recoveries were reported 1,072 people succumbed to the infection. 

The active caseload of the country stood at 14,35,569 while the death toll reached 5,00,055. The daily positivity rate was at 9.27 percent while the weekly positivity rate was at 12.03 percent. 

 

16,11,666 tests were conducted for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. 

So far, 168.47 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the country. 

The North-Eastern state of Mizoram reported 1,956 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The active caseload in the statestood at 15,632. Daily positivity rate in Mizoram has touched 30.91%.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra logged 15,252 new cases of infection with 75 fatalities, the state health department said on Thursday.

On the same day, Tamil Nadu recorded 11,993 fresh infections to its COVID-19 caseload, taking the cumulative figure to 33,87,322. While 30 more fatalities took the toll to 37,666.

Kerala reported a dip in Covid-19 cases on Thursday with the state reporting 42,677 new cases taking the total caseload to 61,72,432.

On Thursday, India reported 1,72,433 cases of COVID-19 which was 6.8 per cent more than 1.61 lakh cases reported on Wednesday, as per the data shared by the Health Ministry.