India recorded 1,134 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases to 7,026, as reported by the Union Health Ministry. The country saw five deaths on Tuesday in , , Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Kerala, raising the total death toll to 5,30,813.

The daily positivity rate is 1.09 percent, with a weekly positivity rate of 0.98 percent. The total number of Covid cases is 4.46 crore (4,46,98,118). The active cases now make up 0.02 percent of total infections, with a national recovery rate of 98.79 percent.

A total of 92.05 crore tests have been conducted, with 1,03,831 tests in the last 24 hours. 4,41,60,279 individuals have recovered, and the case fatality rate is 1.19 percent. India has administered 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine.

In other news:
– The capital’s economy has rebounded faster than the nation’s post-Covid.
– The Delhi High Court has requested the city government’s response to a case regarding compensation for Covid duty-related deaths.
– A study found a repurposed drug used during the pandemic to be safe and effective in treating Covid-19 cases.