Daily Covid-19 cases rise by 1,023 in India

People queue up to get vaccinated against COVID-19, at a camp in Milanmore village, West Bengal, on Wednesday. Pic/AFP

India logged 13,451 new Coronavirus infections, 1,023 more than the tally recorded the previous day. The active cases, however, declined to 1,62,661, the lowest in 242 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday morning.

The ministry had added 12,428 cases while updating its data on Tuesday morning. The death toll climbed to 4,55,653 with 585 fresh fatalities.

The active cases comprise 0.48 per cent of the total infections. A decrease of 1,155 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.19 per cent, the ministry said.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.03 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for last 23 days. The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 1.22 per cent. It has been below two per cent for the last 33 days, according to the ministry.

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