With the administration of 51,59,931 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 115.79 crore (1,15,79,69,274) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,19,13,371 sessions.

The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

The recovery of 11,787 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,39,09,708.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.29 per cent.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 daily new cases that is being reported for 146 consecutive days now.

10,302 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The active caseload presently stands at 1,24,868. Active cases presently constitute 0.36 per cent of the country's total positive cases,  which is lowest since March 2020.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of  10,72,863 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 63.05 crore (63,05,75,279) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, weekly positivity rate at 0.93 per cent remains less than 2 per cent for the last 57 days now. The daily positivity rate reported to be 0.96 per cent. The daily positivity rate has remained below 2 per cent for last 47 days and below 3 per cent for 82 consecutive days now.

(PIB)