Covid-19: India reports 67,208 new cases, 2330 deaths in last 24 hours | India News

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reported 67,208 daily new Covid cases, pushing the country’s total tally to 2,97,00,313, according to data updated by Union health ministry at 9am. This is tad more than what the country reported on June 15 (60,471) and 16 (62,224). This is also the tenth day in a row when the daily new cases are below 1 lakh.

The daily deaths have been on a decline but have remained above 2000 mark for the fourth day in a row. With 2,330 deaths in the last 24 hours, the country’s total death toll has reached 3,81,903.

Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 35th consecutive day. During the last 24 hours, 1,03,570 patients recovered. India’s active caseload has declined to 8,26,740, which is the lowest in 71 days.
Weekly positivity rate remained below 5%, currently at 3.99%. The daily positivity rate at 3.48%, which is less than 5% for 10 consecutive days.
Testing capacity has been substantially ramped up with a total of 38.52 cr total tests conducted so far, informs the health ministry.
Under the nationwide vaccination drive 26.55 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far.