September 16
30,570 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, pushing country’s overall coronavirus tally to 33,347,325.
The recovery of 38,303 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,25,60,474.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.64%.
The Active Caseload is presently 3,42,923. Active cases presently constitute 1.03% of the country’s total Positive Cases.
The death toll has further increased to 4,43,928 with 431 more people succumbing to virus in last 24 hours.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
15,79,761tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 54.77 Cr (54,77,01,729) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.93% remains less than 3% for the last 83 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.94%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 17 days and below 5% for 100 consecutive days now.