NEW DELHI: India logged 11,109 fresh Covid cases, taking the active infections beyond to 49,622. The daily covid cases is the highest in 236 days, according to data by the Union health ministry. The active case percentage that represents the total count of infection stood at 0.11.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.01 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is at 4.29 per cent.
A total of 4,42,16,583 people have recovered with the national recovery rate at 98.70 per cent. Meanwhile, 29 deaths were registered, taking the death toll to 5,31,064.
While three deaths each were reported from Delhi and Rajasthan, two each were from Chhattisgarh and Punjab and one each from Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh ,Maharastra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh besides nine reconciled by Kerala.
A total of 220,66,25,120 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
Delhi, which has been a hotspot in the recent days, recorded 1,527 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 27.77 per cent on Thursday, according to data shared by the city government’s health department.