With the administration of 12,77,542 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 106.31 crore (1,06,31,24,205) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,06,32,634 sessions.

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

The recovery of 12,718 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,36,68,560.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.20 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 127 consecutive days now.

12,514 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The active caseload is presently at 1,58,817 is lowest in 248 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.46 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 8,81,379 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 60.92 crore (60,92,01,294) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, weekly positivity rate at 1.17 per cent remains less than 2 per cent for the last 38 days now. The daily positivity rate reported to be 1.42 per cent. The daily positivity rate has remained below 2 per cent for last 28 days and below 3 per cent for 63 consecutive days now.

(PIB)