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India's Covid-19 Numbers On The Rise — Biggest Single-Day Jump In 184 Days
Swarajya Staff
Apr 02, 2023, 01:44 PM | Updated 01:44 PM IST
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India recorded a 27 per cent increase in new Covid-19 cases from the day before, with 3,823 reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.
The single-day jump of 3,824 infections was the biggest in 184 days.
Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
There were 2,994 new Covid-19 cases and 16,354 active cases on Friday (1 April).
Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, and Rajasthan each reported one death due to Covid-19 In the last 24 hours.
However, Kerala reconciled one death. Active cases are at 18,389, which make up 0.04 per cent of the total infections.
The Health Ministry website records a 98.77 per cent national recovery rate from Covid-19.
The daily and weekly positivity rates were 2.87 per cent and 2.24 per cent respectively.
Over 441 million people have recovered from the disease, with a case fatality rate of 1.19 per cent.
In total, 92.18 crore tests have been conducted, with 133,153 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
Over 220 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered through the national vaccination campaign.
India's Covid-19 infections tally rose to 4.47 crore (44,722,605). The death toll climbed to 530,881.
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