NEW DELHI, June 16 — The number of new COVID-19 cases per day in India continues to increase at a fast pace with 12,213 new cases recorded during the past 24 hours, showed data released by the federal health ministry on Thursday.
This was the first time in the past couple of months that the number of new cases per day crossed the 10,000-mark, reported Xinhua.
According to official figures released by the federal health ministry, the rate of increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases over the past two days has been around 35 per cent. The number of new cases registered per day has almost doubled over the past two days.
So far, India’s COVID-19 tally has stood at 43,257,730.
The daily positivity rate is 2.35 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate has been 2.38 per cent, revealed the federal health ministry.
Besides, 11 people died due to the pandemic across the country since Wednesday morning, taking the total death toll to 524,803.
Despite the consistent rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases per day, the concerned health authorities have ruled out the possibility of another COVID-19 wave in the country.
Presently, there are still 58,215 active COVID-19 cases in the country – an increase of 4,578 during the past 24 hours.
So far, 42,674,712 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, including 7,624 discharged during the past 24 hours.
