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India sees rise in Covid infections; active cases increase to 26,509

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rise comes a day after the country reported 2,139 cases on 12 October. The active cases in the country has increased to 26,509 from the earlier 26,292, it said.

Active cases now comprise 0.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.76 per cent, the ministry said. Also Read: New Covid variant alert: Meet omicron's newest cousin, BF.7 The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,28,847 with 12 fatalities being recorded, including six deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am showed.

An increase of 217 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours, the data showed. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.08 per cent, and the weekly positivity rate at 1.05 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,40,65,963, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent, it said.

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