New Delhi: India records 2,238 new covid-19 cases along with 19 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With this, the active caseload currently stands at 17,883 and the active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections.
A decline was also witnessed in the daily positivity rate, which was reported to be 0.64 per cent. The weekly positivity rate stands at 0.61 per cent.
Covid-19: 2,238 New Cases Reported in India
The daily positivity rate was 0.97 per cent on Monday. As many as 2,134 people recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,26,15,574.
The recovery rate is currently at 98.74 per cent. As per the health ministry, the death toll has mounted to 5,24,630.
India conducted 3,63,883 COVID tests in the last 24 hours.
A total of 85.04 crore COVID tests have been conducted so far. Meanwhile, 193.45 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.
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