13,313 New daily cases, surge in 5 States: Worried centre's Covid review meet today

India registered 13,313 new cases of Covid-19, after which the tally of active cases rose to 83,990, while the total caseload stood at 4,33,44,958, the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday said.

The active cases comprise 0.19 per cent of the total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.60 per cent, the ministry said.

Meanwhile, 38 Covid deaths in the last 24 hours took the toll to 5,24,941.

An increase of 2,303 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.03 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 2.81 per cent, according to the ministry. 

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,27,36,027, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.21 per cent.