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Another jump in new Covid cases

Kashmir Times. Dated: 6/25/2021 1:40:07 AM

KT NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, Jun 24: India recorded another jump in the new cases of Covid-19 at 54,069 even while the deaths decreased to 1321 in the past 24 hours ending at 8 AM on Thursday as per the latest data released by the Health Ministry.

Bengaluru recorded the highest 1008 new cases among the metropolis, followed by 863 in Mumbai, 396 in Chennai, 178 in Kolkata and 111 in Delhi that also recorded seven deaths in 24 hours.

The total Coronavirus caseload has gone up to 3,00,82,778, though 2.91 crore of them recovered, giving the recovery rate of 96.61% while the active cases are now down to 6.27 lakh, which is 2.08% of the tota cases while the total deaths in the country stood at 3,91,981.

Daily positivity rate at 2.91% is less than 5% for 17 consecutive days, while the weekly positivity rate is 3.04%. As many as 18.59 lakh Covid-19 tests were carried out in 24 hours, raising the total number of tests to 39.78 crore.

Maharashtra continues to lead in terms of 508 deaths in 24 hours, followed by 166 in Tamil Ndu, 150 in Kerala and 123 in Karnataka.

As many as 64.89 lakh persons were vaccinated in the past one day, raising the total vaccinations in the country to 30.16 crore.

GLOBAL SCENE: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with 18,03,44,772 confirmed cases and 39,06,774 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 3,44,48,896, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey.