October 24
In the last 24 hours, India registered 15,906 new Covid-19 cases.
Also, 561 deaths have been recorded in the same period, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The new fatalities have taken the death toll to 4,54,269.
The recovery of 16,479 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,35,48,605.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.17%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
The Active Caseload remains below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,72,594 which is lowest in 235 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.51% of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 13,40,158 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.97 Cr (59,97,71,320) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.23% remains less than 2% for the last 30 days now.
The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.19%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 20 days and below 3% for 55 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 77,40,676 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid inoculation coverage has reached 102.10 crore as of Sunday morning,
This has been achieved through 1,01,28,910 sessions.
