NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reported 1.72 lakh new Coronavirus cases and 1,008 deaths. With this rise, the total deaths has reached 4,98,983.
The total active Covid cases in the country has reached 15,33,921, which is 3.67 per cent of total cases. With 2,59,107 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the recovery rate increased to 95.14 per cent. The total number of patients who have recovered from Covid are 3,97,70,414.
The daily positivity rate in India stands at 10.99 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is 12.98 per cent. The country conducted 73.41 crore Covid tests, of which 15,69,449 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
The total Covid vaccinations carried out in India, under the nationwide vaccination drive is 167.87 crore.
