New Delhi: India added 7,554 new COVID-19 cases and 223 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in an update.
According to the health bulletin, the active caseload stands at 85,680 and the active cases comprise 0.20 per cent of total infections. There were 14,123 recoveries in the last 24 hours increasing total recoveries to 4,23,38,673. The recovery rate is currently at 98.60 per cent.
The daily positivity rate is 0.96 per cent and the weekly positivity stands at 1.06 per cent.
In the last 24 hours, 7,84,059 tests were conducted, taking the total number of tests to over 76.91 crore in the country.
The Covid-19 restrictions in national capital Delhi have been eased from Monday. A decision in this regard was taken at a Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Friday. This has been done since COVID-19 cases have fallen considerably.
Meanwhile, global coronavirus caseload has topped 438.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.96 million and vaccinations to over 10.54 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
