Covid: India records over 20,000 new cases

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani | Date 05-08-2022
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New Delhi

India recorded 20,551 new COVID-19 cases in the 24-hour cycle till Friday morning.

India's active caseload currently stands at 1,35,364.

As many as 21,595 people recovered from COVID in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 4,34,45,624. The recovery rate is currently at 98.50 per cent.

The daily positivity rate and weekly positivity rate stand at 5.14 per cent and 6.14 per cent, respectively.

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Till now India has administered 205.59 crore vaccine doses, including 93.46 crore are second doses and 10.09 crore precaution dose.