India reports 11,039 new coronavirus cases

India reported 11,039 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the positive cases tally in the country to 1,07,77,284, according to data released by the Union health ministry on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, with 110 more deaths due to Covid-19, the toll has mounted to 1,54,596.

As of Wednesday morning, there are 1,60,057 active Covid-19 cases in India and 14,225 people infected with the virus have been cured and discharged.

While the Covid-19 mortality rate in the country is at 1.43 percent, the recovery rate has reached 97.08 percent.

On Tuesday, Delhi had recorded 114 fresh Covid-19 cases and two deaths due to the disease — the lowest in around 10 months, news agency PTI quoted authorities as saying.

Moreover, the Delhi government announced the results of the fifth serosurvey conducted in the national capital. The survey has found a seroprevalence of 56.13 percent in Delhi. As per the survey, Southwest Delhi had the highest seroprevalence at 62.18 percent while North Delhi had the lowest at 49.09 percent.

Meanwhile, the number of healthcare workers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 under the nationwide inoculation exercise has crossed 41 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

A total of 41,20,741 beneficiaries were vaccinated through 76,516 sessions till Tuesday 7 pm, as per the provisional report, it said. As many as 3,785 sessions were held till 7 pm today.