India reports 2,841 new covid cases, 9 deaths in the last 24 hours

The country logged 2,841 COVID-19 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Friday.

The daily positivity rate is at 0.58 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate of COVID in India is at 0.69 per cent.

As per the Ministry, the active COVID cases in the country stand at 18,604, constituting 0.04 per cent of India's total positive cases.

In the last 24 hours, 3,295 patients recovered from the virus, taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 4,25,73,460.

As many as 9 COVID deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours.

A total of 4,86,628 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative tests in the country to over 84.29 crore.

India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 190.99 crore as per provisional reports till 7 am today.