India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 3 crore mark

Dhaka Post Desk

International Desk

23 June 2021, 12:26 pm


India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 3 crore mark

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India’s coronavirus caseload crossed the three-crore mark with one crore infections being added in 50 days. The total tally mounted to 3,00,28,709 with 50,848 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours.

Besides, the death toll climbed to 3,90,660 with 1,358 fresh fatalities, according to the Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

The active cases further declined to 643,194 comprising 2.14 percent of the total infections.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.67 percent while the weekly positivity rate has declined to 3.12 percent.

The number of people who have recovered from the disease surged to 28,994,855, the data stated.

A total of 1,901,056 tests were conducted on Tuesday taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far in the country to 395,973,198.

Total COVID-19 infections in India had surpassed the one crore mark on December 19 after which it took around 136 days to cross the two-crore mark on May 4.

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