India Covid Cases: A total of 72.05 crore samples have been tested so far.
India has recorded 2.85 lakh Covid cases over the past 24 hours, 11 per cent higher than yesterday, with a marginal rise in the positivity rate as compared to yesterday.
Here are 5 facts on this
- The test positivity rate, which is an indicator of the spread within the community, increased from 15.52 per cent yesterday to 16.16 per cent over the past 24 hours.
- 665 Covid-related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, slightly up from the 614 deaths recorded yesterday.
- The country's active caseload now stands at 22 lakh -- 5.5 per cent of the total number of infections so far.
- The recovery rate now stands at 93.23 per cent, with 2.99 lakh recoveries in the past 24 hours. The country has seen 3.73 crore recoveries from the infection so far.
- A total of 72.05 crore samples have been tested so far, with 17.69 lakh of them tested over the past 24 hours.
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