India reports 17,336 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily rise in 4 months
The Hindu
Acording to the data, an increase of 4,294 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours
India reported a single-day rise of more than 17,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on June 24 after a gap of over four months (124 days), recording a 30% jump in daily cases, according to the Union Health Ministry.
A total 17,336 coronavirus cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking the total infection tally to 4,33,62,294, while the death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,24,954 with 13 new fatalities being reported, data updated by the ministry showed.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.32% and the weekly positivity rate at 3.07%, according to the ministry.
The count of active cases has increased to 88,284, comprising 0.20% of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.59%, it said.
An increase of 4,294 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,27,49,056, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21%.
According to the ministry, 196.77 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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