COVID-19: India Reports 2,483 New Cases & 1,399 Deaths, Positivity Rate at 0.55%

1,347 deaths have been reported in Assam, which includes COVID-19 patients who died due to other reasons.

India on Tuesday, 26 April, reported 2,483 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's active caseload to 15,636.

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India on Tuesday, 26 April, reported 2,483 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's active caseload to 15,636.

Meanwhile, the recovery rate currently stands at 98.75 percent, with 1,970 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate is at 0.55 percent.

The country also reported 1,399 new deaths.

According to the bulletin, 1,347 deaths have been recorded in Assam, which includes COVID-19 patients who died due to other reasons.

India on Monday, 25 April, had reported 2,541 new COVID-19 cases – slightly down from Sunday's numbers – with the number of active infections rising to 16,522.

As many as 30 deaths were also reported, taking the total death toll to 5,22,223, while the daily positivity rate stood at 0.84 percent.

Meanwhile, 187.95 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Delhi on Monday, 25 April, had recorded 1,011 new COVID-19 cases, the fourth day in a row when the city reported over one thousand cases. Additionally, 817 recoveries and one death were reported.

The positivity rate spiked to 6.42 percent and the total tally of active cases rose to 4,168.

The Delhi government led by the Aam Aadmi Party announced last week that precautionary doses would be available for free to all eligible beneficiaries of the 18-59 years age group in all government COVID-19 vaccination centres (CVCs).