India sees over 12,000 Covid cases for 2nd straight day. Updates here

The overall death count stands at 524,817 after 14 fatalities were reported since Thursday. According to the health ministry data, the country's total number of active cases currently stands at 63,063 - accounting for 0.13 per cent of the total cases.

Updated on: Jun 17, 2022, 10:29:14 IST

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India's Covid tally saw a marginal rise in daily cases on Friday as the country logged 12,847 in the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. On Thursday, the country reported 12,213 infections.

The overall death count stands at 524,817 after 14 fatalities were reported since Thursday. (Reuters)

The overall death count stands at 524,817 after 14 fatalities were reported since Thursday. According to the health ministry data, the country's total number of active cases currently stands at 63,063 - accounting for 0.13 per cent of the total cases.

Maharashtra remained the worst-affected state; it contributed 4,255 infections on Thursday. This was the highest single-day spike since February 12. Meanwhile, Delhi logged 1,323 infections.

Tamil Nadu logged 552 infections. Kerala, another state seeing a gradual rise in the Covid-19 cases along with other states, logged 3,419 fresh infections reported on Thursday. With 87 fresh Covid-19 infections, Chandigarh tricity’s active cases once again crossed the 500 mark on Thursday after 114 days.

The country's recovery rate was reported at 98.64 per cent, according to the ministry data. The case fatality rate was 1.21 per cent.

India's daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.47 per cent, and the weekly positivity rate at 2.41 per cent, according to the health ministry. The number of people who have recovered from the disease rose to 4,26,82,697.

On the vaccination front, cumulatively 195.84 doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far, as per the ministry.

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