India recorded 83,347 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total count to 56,46,010. The number of recoveries reached 45,87,613 while deaths surpassed the 90,000 mark to reach 90,020.
India is now testing more than 12 billion people for Covid-19 daily, the latest data released by the Union Health Ministry revealed. So far more than 6.5 million rupees have been completed in the country. “The improvement in the testing rate is leading to the early identification of positive cases which, in turn, will reduce the positivity rate in the future,” the ministry said.
India’s share of global Covid-19 recoveries is 19.5%, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday, as the country recorded more than 100,000 (101,468) recoveries from the disease, for the first time, Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with senior ministers from seven states that are primarily contributing to the burden of Covid-19 cases in the country, including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Punjab.
Maharashtra reported 18,390 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,242,770. The state topped 60 lakh of Covid testing with its highest number of samples tested in a 24-hour period with 105,026 tests. The active number of cases in the state stood at 272,410.
Delhi, on the other hand, recorded 3,816 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the count to more than 2.53 lakh, while the death count jumped to 5,051.
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