The total number of Covid-19 cases in India rose slightly, pushing the daily case count above 30,000 again. The country recorded 30,615 new cases, bringing the total number of positive cases to 42,723,558, according to an announcement from the federal health ministry on Wednesday.
A total of 514 people have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 5,09,872. Kerala alone has recorded 304 deaths in the past 24 hours, including a backlog of 130.
The country’s active cases now stand at 3,70,240, down 52,887 in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
Active numbers in India fell further to 0.87% of total infections. Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate was 2.45% and the weekly positivity rate was 3.32%.
As many as 82,988 people have recovered from the virus in the past day, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,18,43,446. The recovery rate is currently 97.94%.
India has so far administered more than 1.73 billion doses of the vaccine in a nationwide vaccination campaign, with more than 4 million doses administered in the past 24 hours, the government said. Of these, the prophylactic or booster doses were recorded as 3,20,158 doses, while another 13,75,027 doses were administered to the 15-18 age group.
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