India Records 2,380 COVID-19 Cases, 56 Deaths; Over 1,000 Infections in Delhi

There are 13,433 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

The active COVID-19 caseload is at 13,433.

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India reported 2,380 new COVID-19 cases and 56 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Centre said on Thursday, 21 April.

This brings the active caseload to 13,433, the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

This comes as Delhi has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 infections over the past week. The national capital recorded 1,009 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.

A total of 1,231 patients have recovered during the period and the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,25,14,479. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.76 percent.

The daily positivity rate was 0.53 percent, whereas the weekly positivity rate was 0.43 percent. 4,49,114 tests were also conducted over the last 24 hours.

Current Vaccination Status

15,47,288 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total doses administered till date to 1,87,07,08,111.

2,82,376 first doses and 3,68,292 second doses were given to beneficiaries in the age group of 12-14. The same figures for the 15-18 age group were 32,874 and 1,23,076 respectively.

Meanwhile, The Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh governments have made the wearing of face masks in public places compulsory in certain districts in light of a spike in fresh cases.