Fresh 12,591 Covid-19 infections were recorded across the country in the last 24 hours, marking a significant jump from Wednesday’s data of 10,542 cases, the Union health ministry reported on Thursday.
Earlier last week, the country had seen a deteriorating graph in the past five days from April 15 to April 18 when 11,109 and 7,633 cases were reported respectively. India recorded 7,633 on April 18, 9,111 on April 17, 10,093 on April 16, and 10,753 on April 15. According to the Union Health Ministry, the country’s active cases increased to 65,286 which was more than 63,562 yesterday.
Presently recovery rate stands at 98.67 per cent with a daily positive rate of 5.46 per cent, the Health Ministry stated further in its release.
Further, 10,827 recoveries in the last 24 hours to the overall count of people cured of the infection to 4,42,61,476, the bulletin stated, adding that the overall recovery rate is currently at 98.67 per cent.
