NEW DELHI: India recorded 16,159 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, pushing active cases in the country to 1,15,212, as per data released by the Union health ministry.
With this, total covid cases reported in the country so far stand at 4,35,47,809. About 28 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 525,270.
Active cases in the national capital stand at 2,507, while Maharashtra has 20,820 cases. Haryana has 2,039 cases, Kerala 29,155, Tamil Nadu 16,765 and Karnataka has 6,398 active cases as of now.
The rise in daily covid infections have pushed daily positivity rate to 3.56%, while the weekly positivity rate is 3.84%. In the last 24 hours, 15,394 patients recovered from covid.