India Logs 22,775 New COVID Cases

With the administration of 58,11,487 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 145.16 crore (1,45,16,24,150) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,55,02,407 sessions.

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

8,949 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 3,42,75,312.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.32 per cent.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 daily new cases that is being reported for last 187 days now.

22,775 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

India’s active caseload is presently at 1,04,781. Active cases constitute 0.30 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 11,10,855 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 67.89 crore (67,89,89,110) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 1.10 per cent and the daily positivity rate also reported to be 2.05 per cent.

(PIB)