India Covid update: Nation reports 226 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

New Delhi, December 31: India reported 226 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 0.12 per cent, as per Covid update issued by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.

India on Friday recorded 243 new cases of coronavirus. With this, active cases stood at 3,653, taking the total number of cases reported in the country so far since the pandemic hit in 2020 to 4,46,78,384.

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According to the health ministry, a total of 4,41,44,029 people have recovered since the beginning of Covid 19, of which 179 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

The active coronavirus cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections and the recovery rate stands at 98.8 per cent. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.12 per cent while the weekly positivity was at 0.15 per cent, the ministry said.

The death toll stood at 5,30,702. The country conducted 1,87,983 Covid tests in the last 24 hours and so far a total of 91.07 crore tests have been done.

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At least 220.10 crore total vaccine doses (95.13 cr second dose and 22.40 cr precaution dose) have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.

Amid the global surge of infection from Covid-19 virus, all international passengers travelling from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand to India will have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR tests before departure and upload a report on the Air Suvidha portal from January 1, 2023.