India records 11,692 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, & 19 deaths

Union Health Ministry: India recorded 11,692 new covid cases in the last 24 hours, & 19 people died from the virus in one day, including nine deaths confirm by Kerala government, according to data released by the Union Health Minister on Friday.
A total number of Covid 2,29,739 tests were conducted in one day with the daily positivity rate at 5.09 percent, and weekly positivity rate is 5.33 percent presently.
India's recovery rate is currently at 98.67 percent with active cases contain 0.15 percent of the total infections. 10,780 people recoveries were recorded, and the total recoveries across the country is 4,42,72,256.
So far, 220.66 crore doses of the Covid Vaccine have been administered in the country and a total of 3,647 doses were administered in the last 24 hours under the Nationwide Vaccination drive.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday and is currently under home quarantine with mild symptoms. A team of doctors examined him and he was advised to take rest.