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India records over 3,000 Covid-19 fresh cases, 55 deaths in last 24 hours

India on Thursday recorded fresh Covid-19 cases over the 3,000 mark for the second consecutive day. A total of 3,275 fresh Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the coronavirus tally to 4,30,91,393. The country has also recorded 55 deaths due to the Covid-19 virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths in the country to 523,975.

As per the union health ministry data, a total of 3,010 people have been recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 4,25,47,699. The recovery rate in the country stands at 98.74%.With an addition of 210 active cases, the total active cases stand at 19,719 accounting 0.05% of the total cases. While the daily positivity rate is at 0.77% , the weekly positivity rate is at 0.78 % , according to the health ministry data.

A total of 83.93 crore samples for coronavirus have been tested so far in the country – with 4,23,430 tests being conducted in the past 24 hours.