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India's active caseload passes 75 K-mark, 12,781 new Covid cases recorded
With 18 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the overall death count now stands at 524,873.
For the fifth straight day, India recorded more than 12,000 new Covid cases and the country now has over 76,000 active cases, the latest health bulletin shows.
In the last 24 hours, 12,781 cases were registered, according to the health ministry's daily bulletin. On Sunday, the country logged 12,899 infections, while on Saturday, the daily tally stood at 13,216.
Maharashtra remained the major contributor of the surge as it logged over 4,000 Covid infections on Sunday. This was followed by Kerala which reported 2,786 cases. Meanwhile, Delhi reported 1,530 cases. This was the fifth consecutive day that Delhi has recorded over 1,300 cases in a day.
With 18 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, India's overall death count now stands at 524,873. The country's active caseload stands at 76,700 -- constituting 0.18 per cent of total cases. There was an increase of 4,226 infections in the active cases since Sunday.
The recovery rate was recorded at 98.61 per cent, according to the health ministry data. As many as 8,537 people recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 42,707,900.
The daily positivity rate climbed above 4 per cent after 130 days. It currently stands at 4.32 per cent, according to the ministry update, while the weekly positivity rate was reported to be at 2.62 per cent.
On the vaccination front, the country has administered 196.18 crore doses so far under a nationwide vaccination drive.
