India Records 4,575 New Covid Cases

With the administration of more than 18.69 lakh doses (18,69,103) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 179.33 crore (1,79,33,99,555) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.

This has been achieved through 2,08,48,528 sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

7,416 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,13,566.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.69 per cent.

4,575 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

India’s active caseload is presently at 46,962. Active cases constitute 0.11 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 8,97,904 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 77.52 crore (77,52,08,471) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.62 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 0.51 per cent.

(PIB)