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Covid-19: India logs 6,396 new cases, 201 deaths in last 24 hours
Covid-19 cases in India: Active caseload in India fell by 7,255 cases in a span of 24 hours as India's daily positivity slipping further to 0.69% and recovery rate rising gradually.
India logged 6,396 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, while the active cases dipped to 69,897 on Thursday. The active case now accounts for 0.16% of the total infections. A reduction of 7,255 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a day. The daily Covid-19 positivity rate in India now is at 0.69%.
It was for 26 consecutive days that India recorded less than one lakh daily COVID-19 cases.
With 201 fresh fatalities, the death toll climbed to 5,14,589 in the last 24 hours. India’s Covid-19 death rate now stands at 1.20%.
Covid-19 recovery rate has further improved to 98.64% with 13,450 new recoveries. Total number of tests done during the previous day 9,23,351.
The cumulative Covid vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 178.29 crore.
India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 last year and three crore on June 23.
(With PTI inputs)
