Covid-19: India logs 19,968 fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours
New Delhi, February 20: India reported 19,968 fresh Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
A total of 11,87,766 samples were tested for Covid infection during the last 24 hours.
The positivity rate on the day was recorded at 1.68 percent, while the weekly positivity rate stands at 2.27 percent, as per the update from the Ministry.
During the last 24 hours, 48,847 patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries across the country to 4,20,86,383. The recovery rate has hiked up to 98.28 percent.
As many as 673 people lost their lives due to the Covid-19 during the last 24 hours. The death toll currently stands at 5,11,903.
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India currently has 2,24,187 active Covid-19 cases, which is 0.52 percent of total cases.
A total of 175.37 crores vaccine doses against the infection have been administered so far as a part of the nationwide vaccination drive.
Meanwhile, over 172.21 crores COVID-19 vaccination doses have been provided to States and Union Territories, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
A balance of over 11.16 crores is still available with States and Union Territories, it added.
"More than 172.21 crores (1,72,21,28,840) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and through the direct state procurement category. More than 11.16 crores (11,16,84,166) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered," said the ministry in a statement.
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