India logs 11,793 fresh Covid cases, highest in Kerala

New Delhi, Jun 28: India logged 11,793 fresh new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 4,34,07,046, while the active cases have increased to 96,700, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The highest number of cases was recorded in Kerala with 3,206 cases.

The death toll has climbed to 5,25,047 with 27 fresh fatalities, data updated at 8 am by the ministry stated.

The active cases comprise 0.22 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.57 percent, the ministry said.

An increase of 1,844 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours, the data stated.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.62 percent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.39 percent, it said.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,97,092, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 percent.

According to the ministry, 197.11 crore doses of vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 inoculation drive.