India has recorded over 16,906 new cases and 43 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The total number of active case load currently stands at 1,32,457 in the country.
In the last 2 years, 4.36 crore Covid-19 cases and around 5,25,519 fatalities have been reported due to the disease so far. “About 16,906 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours with active caseload shooting at 1,32,457," said the central government.
While Delhi has witnessed an active caseload of 1,960, Maharashtra has 17,567 cases, Haryana has 1,622 cases while Kerala has reported more than 25,683 active cases at present.
Tamil Nadu has 18,710 active cases and Karnataka has reported 6,419 active cases. The increasing case numbers are pushing the positivity rate in an upward direction as the country’s daily positivity rate has reached 3.68% while the weekly positivity rate is 4.26%.