India on Wednesday reported a total of 5,233 new coronavirus infections, taking the overall tally of COVID-19 cases in the country to 4,31,90,282, the Health Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate of 1.62 per cent was observed in the last 24 hours, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded to be 0.91 per cent, the health ministry said.
The active COVID-19 cases rose to 28,857 and the death count climbed to 5,24,715 with 7 deaths on Wednesday due to Covid, according to the government data.
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Maharashra and Mumbai reported yet another significant spike in Covid infections on Wednesday as new cases rose by more than 42% over the last 24 hours.
Bengal’s Covid-19 scenario on Wednesday dipped slightly with 85 fresh cases of the contagion reported from various districts of the state taking the tally to 20,19,832, the health department said.
Telangana on Wednesday continued to witness a rise in Covid-19 cases with 116 new infections being reported. The cumulative number of positive cases rose to 7,93,907.
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