India logs 2,827 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

The country logged 2,827 COVID-19 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Thursday.

The daily positivity rate is at 0.60 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate of COVID in India is at 0.72 per cent.

As per the Ministry, the active COVID cases in the country stand at 19,067, constituting 0.04 per cent of India's total positive cases.

In the last 24 hours, 3,230 patients recovered from the virus, taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 4,25,70,165.

As many as 24 COVID deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours.

A total of 4,71,276 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative tests in the country to over 84.24 crore.

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 190.83 crore as per provisional reports till 7 am today.