More than 62K new Covid cases reported in the country in last 24 hrs

New Delhi, 18 June (HS): The number of new cases of corona is decreasing in the country. In the last 24 hours, 62,480 new cases of corona have been reported, while 1587 people died due to this disease. In the last 24 hours, 88,977 patients have recovered from the pandemic. The number of patients recovering continuously for the last 36 days is more than the new patients. The positivity rate has been below 5 percent continuously for the last 11 days. The positivity rate has been 3.24 percent in the last 24 hours.

According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 2,97,62,793 cases of corona have been reported in the country so far. At the same time, 3,83,490 people have died due to this disease. The number of active patients is 07,98,656 and so far 2,85,80,647 patients have recovered from Corona. In the last 24 hours, the recovery rate of the country has increased to 96.03 percent.

According to ICMR, more than 19 lakh tests have been done in the last 24 hours. A total of 38.71 crore tests have been done in the country so far.