India's COVID cases continue to decline, 1.34 lakh fresh cases in last 24 hours
The country now has 17,13,413 active cases with a daily positivity rate of 6.21 per cent, remaining below the 10 per cent mark for the tenth consecutive day.
NEW DELHI:
India reported 1,34,154 fresh COVID-19 cases including 2,887 fatalities in the last 24 hours on Thursday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
The country now has 17,13,413 active cases with a daily positivity rate of 6.21 per cent, remaining below the 10 per cent mark for the tenth consecutive day.
Recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for 21 successive days as India witnessed 2,11,499 recoveries in the last 24 hours on Thursday.
The total recovery tally in India has reached 2,63,90,584 with a recovery rate of 92.79 per cent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 35,37,82,648 samples have been tested till June 2, of which 21,59,873 samples were tested on Wednesday.
The Union Health Ministry further informed that nearly 22,10,43,693 vaccine doses have been administered in the country since the nationwide vaccination drive which started in January.
(Edited by Shankar Kumar Turha)
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