Covid 19: India registers 17,073 fresh cases in last 24 hours, 45% more than yesterday

India recorded 17,073 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 21 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. 

Today's fresh Covid cases are exponentially higher than yesterday, 45% more to be precise. 

According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Monday (June 27), the country saw a total of 15,208 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.57 per cent and total recoveries data reached 4,27,87,606.

The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 94,420, the health ministry data showed today.

An increase of 1,844 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.21 per cent of the total infections, the ministry said. 

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 86,10,15,683 samples have been tested up to June 26 for COVID-19. Of these 3,03,604 samples were tested on Sunday