India Records 31,923 COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours, active Cases Lowest In 187 Days
Mumbai: India has reported 31,923 new COVID-19 cases and 282 deaths in the last 24 hours. Kerala accounted for nearly 62% of the total new cases in the country as it recorded 19,675 cases and 142 deaths on Wednesday.
India’s cumulative tally has reached 3,35,63,421 and the number of active cases has come down to 3,01,604, the lowest in 187 days.
The ministry said that the active cases are 0.90 per cent of the total cases, which is the lowest since March 2020.
Meanwhile, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.09 per cent. It has been less than 3 per cent for the 24th day in a row, but the weekly positivity rate has also come down from 3 per cent to 2.11 per cent in the last 90 days, the ministry said.
According to the Ministry of Health, so far 3,28,15,731 people have recovered from the disease, out of which 31,990 people have been cured in the last 24 hours.
The country has recorded the highest ever recovery since March 2020 and it currently stands at 97.77 per cent.
The COVID-19 death toll rose to 4,46,050 with 282 new deaths. The case fatality rate is 1.33 per cent.
Testing capacity has also been increased; A total of 55.83 crore COVID-19 tests have been conducted across India.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that till September 22, a total of 55,83,67,013 samples were tested for COVID-19, out of which 15,27,443 samples were tested yesterday.
The ministry also informed that 83.39 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the nationwide immunization drive.
India has administered 83,39,90,049 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine so far out of which 71,38,205 doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
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