India logs 8,822 fresh COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths in the past 24 hours
FirstpostThe count of active cases now comprises 0.12 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.66 per cent, the health ministry said New Delhi: With 8,822 fresh coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,32,45,517 on Wednesday, while the count of active cases increased to 53,637, according to Union Health Ministry data. The count of active cases now comprises 0.12 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.66 per cent, the health ministry said. The daily positivity rate was recorded at two per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.35 per cent, according to the ministry. The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to co-morbidities.