COVID-19: India Reports 20,557 New Cases, 44 Deaths In Past 24 hours

New Delhi: With 20,557 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 active cases reached 1,46,323, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

As per the latest ministry data, the death toll due to COVID-19 has jumped up to 5,26,211 with 44 more fatalities.

Out of these 12 deaths have occurred in Kerala while eight cases were reported in Maharashtra, five in West Bengal, two each in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura and one each in Assam, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, and Sikkim.

The daily positive rate was recorded at 4.31 percent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.57 percent.

Besides this, around 2,03,21,82,347 vaccine doses have so far been administered under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March 2022. So far, more than 3.87 Cr (3,87,53,472) adolescents have been administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for the age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April 2022 onwards.

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