India registers over 2.86 lakh Covid cases, 573 deaths in last 24 hours
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India registers over 2.86 lakh Covid cases, 573 deaths in last 24 hours

A reduction of 20,546 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in the last 24 hours, though the recovery rate has decreased to 93.33%, the health ministry said.

   

A healthcare worker collects a nasal swab sample of a pedestrian for Covid test at Chandni Chowk, in New Delhi on 7 January 2022 | Photo: ANI

New Delhi: With 2,86,384 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,03,71,500, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll has climbed to 4,91,700 with 573 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases have decreased to 22,02,472 and comprise 5.46 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 93.33 per cent, the ministry said.

A reduction of 20,546 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.  India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

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