Coronavirus: India's daily positivity rate stands at 3.24 percent

Coronavirus India Updates: While India is recovering from the second wave of coronavirus, the daily COVID-19 recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 36th consecutive day. As per the coronavirus updates, India on Friday reported 62,480 new COVID-19 cases, 88,977 discharges, and 1,587 deaths in the last 24 hours. Also Read | No relief for common man as petrol and diesel prices in India hiked again With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has increased to 2,97,62,793 while the total discharges have gone up to 2,85,80,647. Also Read | CBSE Class 12 result 2021 to be decided on basis of performance in Class 10, 11 & 12 The death toll in the country has increased to 3,83,490 while the active cases have reached 7,98,656, below 8 lakh after 73 days. As of now, a total of 26,89,60,399 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccines. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated that a total of 38,7167,696 samples have been tested up to June 17. Of these, 19,29,476 samples were tested on Thursday. The daily positivity rate in the country now stands at 3.24 percent, less than 5 percent for 11 consecutive days. The Recovery Rate has increased to 96.03 percent while the weekly positivity rate remained below 5 percent, currently at 3.80 percent. Click here to follow PTC News on Twitter -PTC News