India Logs 2,541 New Covid Cases

India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 187.71 crore (1,87,71,95,781) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,30,40,984 sessions.

Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years had started on 16th March, 2022. So far, more than 2.66 crore (2,66,55,947) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Similarly, the Covid-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards. 4,17,414 precaution doses have been administered in age group 18-59 years so far.

The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

India’s active caseload currently stands at 16,522. Active cases now constitute 0.04 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent. 1,862 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,25,21,341.

2,541 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,02,115 Covid-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 83.50 crore (83,50,19,817) cumulative tests.

Weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.54 per cent and the daily positivity rate is also reported to be 0.84 per cent.

 (PIB)