India logs 16,935 new Covid-19 cases, 51 fatalities
New Delhi, July 18: India witnessed a slight dip in the number of Covid-19 cases as the country logged 16,935 new infections in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.
India, on the previous day, recorded 20,528 coronavirus infections. With the new Covid-19 cases, the total number of cases has climbed to 4,37,67,534 including 1,44,264 active cases. The active cases account for 0.33 percent of the total Covid-19 cases.
The official data also showed 51 fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 5,25,760.
India reported 16,069 fresh recoveries while the recovery rate is currently at 98.47 percent. The total recoveries reached 4,30,97,510.
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The ministry further informed that 2,61,470 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours wherein a daily positivity rate of 6.48 per cent was observed.
On the Covid-19 vaccination front, as many as 4,46,671 doses have been administered in the last 24 hours and more than 200 crore total vaccine doses (92.61 crore second doses and 5.67 crore precaution doses) have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has "created history again", as the country achieved a big milestone of administering two billion vaccine doses in just 18 months.
PM Modi also congratulated all Indians on crossing the "special figure" and said that he is "proud of those who contributed to making India's vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed". He added that it has "strengthened the global fight against Covid-19".
"India creates history again! Congrats to all Indians on crossing the special figure of 200 crore vaccine doses. Proud of those who contributed to making India's vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed. This has strengthened the global fight against Covid-19," PM Modi said on Twitter.
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