October 17
India comes down below 2 Lakh
India recorded 14,146 new infections in the last 24 hours. Union Health Ministry’s data on Sunday said that cumulative cases in the country have now risen to 3,40,67,719 while the number of deaths climbed to 4,52,124 with 144 more fatalities.
The recovery of 19,788 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,34,19,749.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.10%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
The Active Caseload falls below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,95,846, which is lowest in 220 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.57% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,00,123 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.09 Cr (59,09,35,381) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.42% remains less than 3% for the last 114 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.29%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 48 days and below 5% for 131 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 41,20,772 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 97.65 Cr (97,65,89,540) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
