India Reports 11,793 New COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths; active cases rise to 96,700

Mumbai: India has reported 11,793 COVID-19 cases, 9,486 recoveries and 27 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The ministry, updating the data at 8 am, said the death toll rose to 5,25,047 with 27 new deaths.

Active Covid cases comprise 0.22 per cent of the total infections.

The health ministry said that the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.57 per cent.

It said an increase of 2,280 cases has been registered in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour period.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.36 per cent, the ministry said.

The number of people cured of the disease rose to 4,27,97,092, while the death rate stood at 1.21 per cent.

According to the ministry, 197.31 crore doses of vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive.

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