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New Delhi:
India added 35,342 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours and added 483 deaths. The recovery rate is at 97.36 per cent. The country has reported over 3.12 crore cases and over 4.19 lakh fatalities so far, the health ministry said.
India's test positivity rate (positive cases identified for every 100 tests) continued to show a decline. For the 32 straight days Thursday, it remained below the 5 per cent-mark at 2.12 per cent.
Over 54 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. The total number of doses administered in the country has exceeded 42.34 crores so far, the health ministry said.