New Delhi: India records 2,86,384 new corona cases along with 573 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With this, the country’s active caseload mounted to 22,02,472, which is 5.46 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases reported so far.
As per the health bulletin, the daily positivity rate is 19.59 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is 17.75 per cent.
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With 3,06,357 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, the cumulative recoveries reached 3,76,77,328. The recovery rate is currently at 93.33 per cent.
However, with the addition of new fatalities, the COVID death toll in the country climbed to 4,91,700.
As many as 14,62,261 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours to detect the presence of the virus. Over 72.21 crore tests have been conducted so far in the country, stated the official release from the Ministry.
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Meanwhile, under the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, over 163.84 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far.
BRS celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day across the State, today, the party, founded as Telangana Rashtra Samithi by K.Chandrashekhar Rao and others who were strong sympathisers for the separate Telangana state in the year 2001, was renamed as BRS by transforming into a national party in 2022.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy sought the support of the CPM State unit for the Congress party in Bhongir and other parliamentary constituencies in the state.
An ISRO employee was arrested on charges of cheating a job aspirant to the tune of Rs. 20 lakhs promising a job in the organization at Kacheguda on Friday.