India on Thursday reported over thousand fresh cases of coronavirus for the second straight day. The country recorded 1,033 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the coronavirus tally over 4.3 crore. India recorded 43 deaths due to the virus in the last 24-hours, taking the total death toll to 5,21,530, as per the union health ministry data.
A total of 1,222 people recovered from Covid-19 in the past 24-hours. The total recovered cases currently stand at 4.24 crore, taking the recovery rate to 98.76 percent. As per the health ministry data, the active cases currently stand at 11,639 – comprising 0.03 percent of the total infections.
The daily positivity rate in the country has been recorded as 0.23 percent, while the weekly positivity rate has been recorded as 0.22 percent as per the health ministry. According to the union health ministry, 4,82,039 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in the past 24-hours. Till date, 79.25 crore samples have been tested for the infection in the country.
