October 29
India reported 14,348 fresh Coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking its overall Covid-19 tally to 3,42,46,157.
The recovery of 13,198 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,36,27,632.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.19%.
The death toll rose to 4,57,191 with 805 fresh fatalities, including 708 from Kerala, the Health Ministry said. Kerala has been reconciling Covid deaths in the past few days, ministry officials said.
India’s Current Active Caseload stands at 1,61,334
The Active Caseload is presently at 1,61,334.Active cases presently constitute 0.47% of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,84,552 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 60.58 Cr (60,58,85,769) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.18% remains less than 2% for the last 35 days now.
The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.12%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 25 days and below 3% for 60 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 74,33,392 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 104.82 Cr (1,04,82,00,966) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,04,57,932 sessions.