India Logs 1,685 New Covid Infections

India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 182.55 crore (1,82,55,75,126) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,16,22,613 sessions.

Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 90 lakh (90,06,782) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

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

Following a continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has declined to 21,530 today, constituting 0.05 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75 per cent. 2,499 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,78,087.

1,685 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The last 24 hours saw a total of  6,91,425 Covid-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.56 crore (78,56,44,225) cumulative tests.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily positivity rates too. Weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 0.33 per cent and the daily positivity rate is also reported to be 0.24 per cent.

(PIB)