India on Wednesday recorded 30,615 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall infection count to 4,27,23,558 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. The number of cases was 10.47% more than Tuesday’s count of 27,409 infections.
With 517 deaths over the past 24 hours, the toll climbed to 5,09,872.
The daily positivity rate increased to 2.45% from Tuesday’s 2.23%. Currently, there are 3,70,240 active cases in the country, and 4,18,43,446 patients have recovered from the infection.
In the past 24 hours, 41,54,476 Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in the country, taking the total number of shots administered to 1,73,86,81,675 since the vaccination drive began on January 16, 2021.
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