Coronavirus update: India records lowest active caseload in nearly 7 months
Coronavirus India update: India reported 19,740 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the active caseload of the country to 2,36,643, which is the lowest in nearly seven months (206 days), the Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday.
With the recovery of 23,070 patients in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic stands at 3,32,48,291, the health ministry stated while giving coronavirus update about India.
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Consequently, India's recovery rate now stands at 97.98 percent, currently at its highest peak since March 2020, the ministry reported.
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As per the ministry, with the enhanced testing capacity across the country, the weekly positivity rate at 1.62 percent remains less than 3 percent for the last 106 days now.
The daily positivity rate reported to be 1.56 percent and has remained below 3 percent for the last 40 days and below 5 percent for 123 consecutive days now.
India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage stands at nearly 94 crores, with more than 79.12 lakh (79,12,202) doses administered in the last 24 hours, the ministry reported.
-PTC News
