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covid: India reports 71,365 new Covid cases and 1,217 deaths in 24 hours | India News

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NEW DELHI: India has reported 71,365 new cases of Covid-19 and 1,217 fresh deaths in the last 24 hours, a bulletin released by Union health ministry on Wednesday stated.

India’s active caseload currently stands at 8,92,828, the government bulletin stated. Active cases at present account for 2.11% of total cases.

The current recovery rate in the country is 96.70%, the government said. With 1,72,211 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total number of people who have recuperated from Covid so far in India was pushed to 4,10,12,869.

The daily positivity rate in India has been recorded at 4.54%, and the weekly positivity rate at 7.57%.
Meanwhile, a total of 74.46 crore tests have been conducted so far in India, with 15,71,726 tests held in the last 24 hours, as per ministry data.

The government also said that a total of 170.87 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under nationwide vaccination drive.

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