India records 10,542 new Covid-19 cases, active tally at 63,562

India has logged 10542 new coronavirus infections while the active cases have increased to 63562 according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on WednesdayAccording to news agency PTI the death toll has increased to 531190 with 38 deaths which includes 11 reconciled by Kerala the data stated The Covid19 case tally was recorded at 447 crore 44845401The daily positivity rate was recorded at 439 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 51 per centThe active cases now comprise 014 per cent of the total infections and the national Covid19 recovery rate has been recorded at 9867 per cent the ministry saidThe number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 44250649 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 118 per centAlso Read Covid patients more at risk of hospitalassociated infections StudyAccording to the ministrys website 22066 crore doses of Covid19 vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination driveMeanwhile Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 949 fresh coronavirus cases while six more patients succumbed to the infection in the state the state health department saidWith these additions the states overall Covid19 tally rose to 8157293 while the death toll increased to 148485 the department said in a bulletinThe bulletin said at present the XBB116 variant of Omicron is the dominant strain in the state The number of patients detected with this variant stood at 681 while four deaths linked to the strain have been reported in the stateThe health bulletin said since January 1 this year the state has recorded 68 Covid19 deaths and 7353 per cent of these fatalities have occurred in patients above 60 years of age It said 57 of the deceased had comorbidities while 9 per cent did not have any additional illnessData was not available for 34 per cent of the deceased said the deparmentMumbai recorded 220 cases and zero fatalityPune recorded two fatalities linked to the respiratory illness while Kolhapur Satara Yavatmal and Solapur registered one death each said the bulletinThe states case fatality rate was 182 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 9810 per centThe bulletin said 912 patients recovered from the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recoveries to 8002690 and leaving the state with 6118 active casesOf the total active cases 292 patients have been hospitalised and 44 of them are in Intensive Care Unit it saidThe health bulletin said 15313 coronavirus tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours pushing up their cumulative count to 86816941