India records over 5,000 new Covid casescin 24 hours, active tally at 25,587

Amid fears of a rapid resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the country, India on Thursday recorded more than 5000 cases of coronavirus infection, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 AM. With this, the active Covid-19 caseload has reached 25,587, the Health Ministry data said. A day earlier on Wednesday, India reported 4,435 fresh cases of coronavirus infections – the biggest single-day jump in 163 days (five months and 13 days). The active Covid-19 cases in the country on Wednesday reached 23,091, the Health Ministry data said. 

With the fresh cases, India’s overall Covid-19 tally climbed to 4.47 crore (4,47,33,719) on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 5,30,916 with 15 deaths, the data updated at 8 am stated. Four deaths were reported from Maharashtra; one death each was reported from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Puducherry and Rajasthan; and four were reconciled by Kerala, on Wednesday.

At 23,091, the active cases now comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.76 per cent, according to the Health Ministry website.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.38 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.79 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,79,712, while the case fatality rate stood at 1.19 per cent.

According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

India on Tuesday recorded 3038 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and the active caseload reached 21,179. The Covid-19 cases in India have seen an upward trend in the past few days with the daily fresh infections ranging between 2,994 on April 1 to 3,824 on April 2 and 3,641 on April 3 to 3038 on Tuesday.