Amid fears of a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the country, India reported 5,335 cases of Coronavirus infection on Thursday, nearly 20% more than the previous day, according to Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 a.m. According to Health Ministry data, the active Covid-19 caseload has increased to 25,587. During this time, the country reported 335 new Covid-19 cases. The everyday positivity rate is 3.32%, and the weekly positivity rate is 2.89%.
According to the data, with 0.06% active cases, the recovery rate is presently 98.75%. India also saw 2,826 Covid-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall number of recoveries to 4,41,82,538.
According to the Health Ministry’s website, 220.66 crore total vaccine doses (95.21 crore Second Doses and 22.87 crore Precaution Doses) have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive. Nearly 1,993 doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the data said. Meanwhile, 92.23 crore Covid-19 detection tests have been conducted so far; around 1,60,742 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, it added.
A day earlier on Wednesday, India reported 4,435 fresh cases of coronavirus infections – the biggest single-day jump in 163 days (five months and 13 days). The active Covid-19 cases in the country on Wednesday reached 23,091, the Health Ministry data said.
With the fresh cases, India’s overall Covid-19 tally climbed to 4.47 crore (4,47,33,719) on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 5,30,916 with 15 deaths, the data updated at 8 am stated. Four deaths were reported from Maharashtra; one death each was reported from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Puducherry and Rajasthan; and four were reconciled by Kerala, on Wednesday.
India on Tuesday recorded 3038 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and the active caseload reached 21,179. The Covid-19 cases in India have seen an upward trend in the past few days with the daily fresh infections ranging between 2,994 on April 1 to 3,824 on April 2 and 3,641 on April 3 to 3038 on Tuesday.