October 18
India registered 13,596 new Covid-19 cases, which was the lowest single-day spike in 230 days, according to the Union Health Ministry’s latest update on Monday.
166 new fatalities have been reported during last 24 hours and total death toll increased to 4,52,290.
The recovery of 19,582 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,34,39,331.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.12%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
The Active Caseload has fallen below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,89,694, which is lowest in 221days. Active cases presently constitute 0.56% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 9,89,493 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.19 Cr (59,19,24,874) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.37% remains less than 3% for the last 115 days now.
The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.37%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 49 days and below 5% for 132 consecutive days now.
With the administration of 12,05,162 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 97.79 Cr (97,79,47,783) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 96,88,300 sessions.
