Covid-19 India Updates: Fresh Cases Drop For Second Day; 18 Daily Deaths

Fresh Covid-19 dropped for the second day but remained above the 12,000-mark, stoking fears of a fourth wave.

The world’s second-most populous country added 12,781 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on June 20.

Active case tally jumped to the highest since March 3.

• Total confirmed cases: 4,33,09,473

• Total number of active cases: 76,700

• Total patients cured/discharged/migrated: 4,27,07,900

• Total deaths: 5,24,873

• Number of fresh cases in last 24 hours: 12,781

• One-day recoveries: 8,537

• One-day deaths: 18

• Daily positivity rate: 4.32%

• Weekly positivity rate: 2.62%

• Total vaccines administered: 1,96,18,66,707

• Vaccines given in the last 24 hours: 2,80,136