Covid-19: India logs 1,334 new cases in 24 hours
New Delhi, October 24: India recorded a slight decline in new Covid-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours on Monday as compared to the 1,994 cases a day earlier.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the country has had 1,557 recoveries from Covid-19 infection in the previous 24 hours, with a current recovery rate of 98.76%, bringing the overall number of recoveries from this viral disease to 4,40,91,906. The country's current active caseload is 23,193, with active cases accounting for 0.05 percent of overall positive cases.
The country now has a daily positivity rate of 1.52% and a weekly positivity rate of 0.95 %.
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Since the start of the pandemic, the Ministry has conducted 90.01 crore tests in total, with 87,905 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
According to the Health Ministry, a total of 219.56 crore vaccine doses have been administered under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, including 95 crore second doses and 22.03 crore precaution doses, with 42,864 administered in the last 24 hours alone.
As per initial results, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage hit 219.56 Cr (2,19,56,41,807) as of 7 a.m. today.
Covid-19 vaccination for children aged 12 to 14 years old began on March 16, 2022. So far, the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine has been provided to over 4.12 Cr (4,12,35,971) adolescents. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for the age range 18-59 years began on April 10, 2022, according to the official statement.
It is worth noting that health concerns have risen in the country, with World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan stating on Friday that there are over 300 sub-variants, and XBB, as a recombinant virus, is a cause for concern because it is immune evasive.
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