October 21
India reported 18,454 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday. As informed by Health Ministry, 160 Covid Patients succumbed to the disease during last 24 hours and with this, total death toll in the Country increased to 4,52,811.
The recovery of 17,561 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,34,95,808.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.15%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
The Active Caseload remains below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,78,831. Active cases presently constitute 0.52% of the country’s total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 12,47,506 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.57 Cr (59,57,42,218) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.34% remains less than 3% for the last 118 days now.
The Daily Positivity rate reported to be1.48%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below3% for last 52 days and below 5% for 135 consecutive days now.
India has achieved the landmark in vaccinating its population with over 1 billion doses.
