India logs 2,593 new Covid-19 cases, 44 deaths in last 24 hours

India is once again witnessing a slight upward jump in Covid-19 cases. According to the data provided by Union Health Ministry, the country logged 2,593 new cases and 44 fatalitiesin the last 24 hours.

With this, India marked its fifth consecutive day of reporting more than 2,000 infections. The total number of active cases in the country now stands at 15,873 and the daily positivity rate is 0.56 percent. 

Also, with 44 new mortalities in the last 24 hours, the total death toll has risen to 5,22,193 in the country.

The national capital, Delhi is leading the list of new infections as it recorded 1094 new cases and also registered two deaths due to the virus. 

Jammu & Kashmir reported 3 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours. One case was reported from Srinagar district and two from Jammu district.

On the other hand, the country also registered 1,755 recoveries in the last 24 hours inching the total recoveries to 4,25,19,479 across the country.