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India records 7,533 Covid cases, 28 patients succumb to virus in last 24 hours

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New Delhi: India has recorded 7,533 Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours according to the Union Health Ministry on Friday.

With this, the active caseload stood at 53,852 which is 0.12 percent of the total cases as per the Health Ministry.

The death toll has risen to 531468 with 28 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours in various parts of the country.

As many as 11,047 patients had recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The total number of people who have recuperated from the disease is more than 4.43 crore (4,43,47,024).

The COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 98.69 per cent whereas the fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.

Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.62 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 5.11 per cent.

The Health Ministry said 4,775 vaccine doses of COVID have been administered during the last 24 hours under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Around 220.66 crore Total Vaccine doses (95.21 crore Second Dose and 22.87 crore Precaution Dose) have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. said the Ministry.

A total of 92.63 crore Total Tests have conducted so far; 2,08,112 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, as per the Ministry data.

In the National capital, seven Covid-related fatalities have been reported for the second consecutive day on Thursday.

The city also reported 865 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 16.90 percent, according to data shared by the city government’s health department.

On Wednesday the city reported seven fatalities, the highest so far this year.

The addition of the fresh cases took the national capital’s overall infection tally to 20,37,061, while the death toll rose to 26,620.