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COVID-19 in India: 20,038 New Covid Cases, 47 Deaths

by Colleen Fleiss on Jul 16 2022 8:36 PM
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In the last 24 hours, India has reported a marginal decline at 20,038 Covid infections against 20,139 cases reported on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said.

COVID-19 in India: 20,038 New Covid Cases, 47 Deaths
In the last 24 hours, India has reported a marginal decline at 20,038 COVID infections against 20,139 cases reported on Thursday, the Union Health Ministry said.
During the same period, the country reported 47 COVID deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,25,604 so far.

The active caseload in the country presently stands at 1,39,073, accounting for 0.32 per cent of the country’s total positive cases.

The recovery of 16,994 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,30,45,350. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.48 per cent.

COVID by Numbers

Meanwhile, India’s daily positivity rate has also declined to 4.44 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate currently stands at 4.30 per cent.

A total of 4,50,820 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, increasing the overall tally to more than 86.86 crore.

As of Friday morning, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 199.47 crore, achieved via 2,62,39,248 sessions.

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Source-IANS


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