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India reports 2,364 new Covid cases, 10 deaths in the last 24 hours

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: May 19, 2022 09:48 IST

At 2,364 fresh Covid cases, India reported a rise in a span of 24 hours against the previous day's ...

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At 2,364 fresh Covid cases, India reported a rise in a span of 24 hours against the previous day's count of 1,829, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday morning.

In the same period, the country reported 10 Covid deaths, taking the nationwide toll to 5,24,303.

The active caseload of the country has also marginally declined to 15,419 cases, accounting for 0.04 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

The recovery of 2,582 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,25,89,841. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent.

Meanwhile, India's daily positivity rate has also reported a decline at 0.50 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.55 per cent.

Also in the same period, a total of 4,77,570 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall to 84.54 crore.

As of Wednesday morning, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 191.79 crore.

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