India logs 8,084 new Covid-19 cases, 10 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi [India], June 13: India reported 8,084 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
Of the fresh cases, Delhi reported 735 cases, Maharashtra 2,946 cases, Karnataka 463 cases and Kerala 1,955 cases.
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With the fresh escalation in fresh Coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,32,30,101, while the daily positivity rate was over three per cent.
India's Active caseload currently stands at 47,995 which accounts for 0.11 per cent of the total cases.
The government data added that 10 fresh fatalities pushed India's Covid-19 death toll to 5,24,771.
The recovery rate is currently at 98.68 per cent as 4,592 recoveries were logged in the last 24 hours thereby taking the total recoveries to 4,26,57,335.
Of the 2,49,418 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, a daily positivity rate of 3.24 per cent was observed.
On the vaccination front, about 195.19 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
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"Sustained and significant decline in the number of Covid-19 cases across the country during the past four months. However, in the past two weeks, an upsurge in cases has been noticed. In the week ending 8th June, 2022, 4,207 average daily new cases were reported as compared to 2,663 average daily cases in the week ending 1st June, 2022," Rajesh Bhushan, the Union Health secretary said in a letter to the states.
-PTC News
