COVID fourth wave scare: India sees 2,527 new infections, 33 deaths in last 24 hours; Delhi worst-hit

New Delhi: As many as 2,527 new infections of coronavirus were reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the country's overall tally to 4,30,54,952, as per the Union Health Ministry's data on Saturday morning.

With new infections, the active tally in the country has reached 15,079, while the death toll has climbed to 5,22,149 ass 33 more people succumbed to the deadly disease, the health ministry said. 

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 per cent, it added.

It further stated that the daily positivity rate has been recorded at 0.56 per cent and the weekly positivity



rate at 0.50 per cent. As many as 1,656 people also recovered from the deadly disease during the same time, taking the tally of patients who have recuperated from the disease to 4,25,17,724.

The national capital has been witnessing an unprecedented spike in daily COVID-19 infections with more than 1,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours. Delhi has reported 1,042 new COVID cases, the highest since February 10 this year, as per the city’s health department.

With this, the active cases in the national capital breached the 3,000 mark and currently stand at 3,253. This is the highest since February 15 when the active cases in the city stood at 3,397.