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India reports 1,021 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

| @indiablooms | May 17, 2023, at 07:17 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has reported 1,021 Covid -19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per the Health Ministry on Wednesday.

With this, the active caseload stood at 11,393 which is 0.03 percent of the total cases, as per the Health Ministry.

The death toll has risen to 5,31,794 with two fresh deaths reported in the last 24 hours in various parts of the country.

As many as 2,661 patients recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The total number of people who have recuperated from the disease is 4.44 crore (4,44,39,965)

The COVID-19 recovery rate stood at 98.79 per cent, whereas the fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.

Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.78 percent while the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 0.97 per cent.

The Ministry said 883 vaccine doses of COVID have been administered during the last 24 hours under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Around 220.66 crore total vaccine doses (95.21 crore second dose and 22.87 crore precaution dose) have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive, said the Ministry.

Meanwhile, 92.86 crore total tests have been conducted so far; 1,31,172 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, showed the Ministry data.

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