New Delhi: India reported 15,940 new cases of Covid-19 cases on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said. With this, India's active caseload stood at 91,779 at the rate of 0.21 per cent, which was 88,284 at the rate of 0.20 per cent a day before.
Apart from this, the Ministry also informed that the country has witnessed as many as 12,425 recoveries from the disease in the last 24 hours, thus taking the total recoveries to 4,27,61,481 at the rate of 98.58 per cent.
The country's daily positivity rate stands at 4.39 per cent, whereas its weekly positivity rate is reported as 3.30 per cent.
As per the Health Ministry, a total of 86.02 crore tests have been conducted in the country so far, of which 3,63,103 were conducted in the last 24 hours alone.
Here are the Highlights on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Jun 26, 2022 16:41 (IST)
Puducherry Logs 42 Fresh COVID-19 Cases
The union territory of Puducherry added 42 fresh COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours pushing the overall tally to 1,66,305, a top Health department official said on Sunday.
The number of active cases shot up to 238 as against the 216 on Saturday, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release here.
Of the 238 active cases, four patients were in hospitals and the remaining 234 in home quarantine.
The overall caseload was 1,66,305, he added.
Jun 26, 2022 15:19 (IST)
7 Fresh COVID-19 Cases In Andamans
The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 10,126 on Sunday as seven more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
Five new patients have travel history, while two infections were detected during contact tracing, it said.
The Union territory now has 37 active cases, while 9,960 people have recovered from the disease so far, including three in the last 24 hours.
A total of 129 patients have succumbed to the infection to date.
Jun 26, 2022 15:06 (IST)
Odisha Logs 68 New COVID-19 Cases
Odisha recorded 68 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, six more than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,89,259, the health department said.
The toll remained at 9,126 as there were no fresh deaths. There are 431 active COVID-19 cases in the state at present.
In the last 24 hours, 47 more people recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 12,79,649.
Jun 26, 2022 09:13 (IST)
11,739 new Covid cases in India, 26 per cent lower than yesterday
India reported 11,739 new cases of Covid-19 cases today, which is 26 per cent lower than yesterday. On Saturday, the country had reported 15,940 cases.
