India logs 7,633 new Covid infections in past 24 hours, active cases surge to 61,233

NEW DELHI,APR 18 : India recorded 7,633 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s data on Tuesday showed. With the new cases, the active cases have increased to 61,233.

The death toll has increased to 5,31,152 with 11 deaths.

While four deaths were reported from Delhi, one each was reported from Haryana, Karnataka and Punjab while four fatalities were reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,48,34,859)

Delhi logs 1,017 fresh Covid cases, 4 deaths

The active cases now comprise 0.14 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.68 per cent, the ministry said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,42,42,474 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.

According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

-PTI