COVID-19: Cases increase to 21,179 in India

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A healthworker administers a COVID-19 booster dose to a beneficiary at a Gururnanak Bhawan, in Patna, Sunday, July 24 ,2022. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: On Tuesday, the active cases of coronavirus increased to 21,179 in India according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country also logged 3,038 new cases on the day.

The death toll climbed to 5,30,901 with nine deaths. While two deaths each were reported from Delhi and Punjab, one each was reported by Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand in a span of 24 hours and two reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,47,29,284)

The active cases now comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,77,204, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

According to the ministry's website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

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