India Records 16,866 Fresh Covid-19 Cases
Guwahati: India reported 16,866 fresh COVID-19 cases with 41 deaths in the last 24 hours, said by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data on Monday.
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 1,50,877 and it now constitutes 0.34% of the country’s total positive cases. With this, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 4,39,05,621, while the daily positivity rate crossed 7 per cent again after a gap of 168 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.46%. 18,148patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,32,28,670.
The Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 4.49% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 7.03%.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 2,39,751 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 87.27Cr (87,27,59,815) cumulative tests.
Moreover, the top five states which have registered maximum cases are Kerala with 2,021 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 2,015 cases, Tamil Nadu with 1,945 cases, West Bengal with 1,817 cases and Karnataka with 1,151 cases.