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The active cases after Monday’s cases increased to 94,420, comprising 0.22 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.57 per cent, the ministry said.
An increase of 1,844 cases was recorded in the active Covid-19 case count in a span of 24 hours, as per the data. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.62 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.39 per cent, it stated.
The daily positivity crossed 5 per cent after a gap of 139 days. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,87,606, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.
Maharashtra on Monday reported 2,369 new Covid cases and five deaths, all of which took place in Mumbai, taking the overall tally in the state to 79,65,035 and the toll to 1,47,910, a health department official said. The state had logged 6,493 cases on Sunday, though the spike was due to several cases from the previous day being added to the tally after to a glitch in the ICMR portal.
Delhi, meanwhile, reported 628 new Covid cases and three more deaths due to the infection on Monday, while the positivity rate stood at 8.06 percent, according to data shared by the city health department here. The fresh cases were detected out of 7,793 Covid tests conducted the previous day.
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