Covid cases in India:Currently, there are 2,24,187 active cases in the country.
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India reported 19,968 new COVID-19 cases and 673 related deaths yesterday, with the virus-related death count rising to 5,11,903 across the country. Currently, there are 2,24,187 active cases in the country while the recovery stands at 98.28 per cent. The daily positivity rate was at 1.68 per cent. India’s recovery tally increased to 4,20,86,383 with 48,847 recoveries in 24 hours prior to yesterday’s update.
On Saturday, Mumbai and Delhi reported 167 and 570 new cases respectively. Delhi also reported four more related deaths.
Over 175.39 crore have been administered across the country so far, according to the Co-WIN dashboard. Of these, 1.79 crore were booster doses.
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