19,459 COVID-19 Cases In India In 24 Hours, 5.48 Lakh Total Cases So Far | Read

India recorded more than 19,000 new coronavirus patients for a second consecutive day as the total cases crossed 5.48 lakh-mark, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. Nearly 3.2 lakh COVID-19 patients in the country have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic, the government data shows. A total of 16,475 patients have died. Of these 380 patients died in the last 24 hours. The average positivity rate - ratio of positive cases to the number of tests conducted - stood at 11.40 per cent this morning. India has registered a steady increase in positivity rate over the past one week.