India reported 1,660 New Covid cases in the past 24 hours

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India reported 1,660 New Covid cases in the past 24 hours
26 Mar 2022
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The Union Health Ministry of India, on Saturday, informed that the country registered 1,660 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The country’s total death toll stands at 5,20,855, according to the Ministry’s data. The Ministry further informed that the total number of active cases has declined to 16,741. This is the lowest number of active cases in the last 702 days. The Covid recovery rate of the country is 98.75 percent. With the addition of 1,660 new cases, India’s Covid tally has reached 4,30,18,032. According to media reports, there were two fatalities because of the infection in the state of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours. Currently, the daily positivity rate of the nation is  0.25 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate is 0.29 percent. Also in the last 24 hours, the country's active COVID-19 cases reduced by 4,789 cases. Recently, in order to effectively combat this virus, Union Government also announced the vaccination of kids aged between 12-14 years of age.

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