- 34,457 new cases found in India in 24 hours
- 36,347 patients recovered in a Day
- India’s Recovery Rate improves to 97.54 per cent
- Active cases lowest in 151 days
New Delhi: August 21: Country registered 34,457 new Covid-19 cases and 375 deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours.
The recovery of 36,347 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,15,97,982.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.54%, the highest since March 2020.
High recoveries and a low number of new cases have subsided the Active Caseload to 3,61,340 which is at its lowest in 151 days.
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The death toll of the country increased to 433964.
Active cases presently form only 1.12% of the country’s total Positive Cases which is the lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 17,21,205 tests being conducted.
India has so far conducted over 50.45 Cr (50,45,76,158) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.98% remains less than 3% for the last 57 days now.
The Daily Positivity rate also stands at 2.00%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for the last 26 days and below 5% for 75 consecutive days now.
Kerala reported 20,224 COVID-19 cases and 99 deaths on Friday, taking the total caseload to 37,86,797 and the toll to 19,345.
Maharashtra reported 4,365 new infections and 105 fatalities in 24 hours.
