India on Saturday (April 16) recorded 975 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of coronavirus infections to 4,30,40,947. 

According to Union Health Ministry, the country also reported four Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number fatalities to 5,21,747.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 currently stands at 11,366.

The active cases account for 0.03 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent.

796 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases the total recoveries to 4,25,07,834.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.32 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was 0.26 per cent, according to the ministry.

Source: NDTV 

BDST: 1228 HRS, APR 16, 2022
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