The number of COVID-19 cases in India continues to rise on a daily basis. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reported 13,313 new cases of coronavirus and 38 deaths in the last 24 hours on Thursday morning.
Total deaths due to COVID-19 in the country has now risen to 5,24,941, while the overall tally of coronavirus cases has increased to 4,33,44,958.
India’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate, however, has decreased to 2.03 per cent from 3.94 per cent yesterday. The weekly positivity rate now stands at 2.81 per cent.
The rise in country’s daily COVID-19 cases is due to the increase in number of cases reported by states and Union Territories. Maharashtra alone logged 3,260 fresh cases, including 1,648 in Mumbai, and three fatalities, in the last 24 hours.
Gujarat recorded 407 new cases of coronavirus, the highest daily count in four months, the state health department said.
India now has 83,990 active cases of COVID-19. There has been increase of 2,303 cases in the active caseload in just 24 hours. Active cases now stand at 0.19 per cent of total cases.
As many as 10,972 recuperated from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, increasing the total recoveries to 4,27,36,027. The national recovery rate is currently at 98.6 per cent.
The health ministry reported on Thursday that 14,91,941 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in the country in the previous 24 hours.