NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (NNN-PTI) – India reported 16,103 new COVID-19 cases, during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,502,429, data released by the country’s federal health ministry showed, today.
A total of 376,720 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. 31 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 525,199.
The number of active cases in the country rose to 111,711, a rise of 2,143 during the past 24 hours.
Earlier this week, the number of active cases in the country had crossed the 100,000-mark on Thursday after nearly four months.
Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate in the country stood at 4.27 percent, while the weekly positivity rate had been 3.81 percent, revealed the federal health ministry.
So far, 42,865,519 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, of whom 13,929 were discharged during the past 24 hours.– NNN-PTI
