India Reports 12,514 New COVID-19 Cases, 251 Deaths In Last 24 Hours
Mumbai: India has reported 12,514 new COVID-19 cases, 12,718 recoveries and 251 deaths in the last 24 hours as per the Union Health Ministry. Of these, Kerala reported 7,167 new cases and 167 deaths.
As per the COVID-19 update released by the ministry, India’s active caseload stands at 1,58,817, which is the lowest in 248 days. Active cases account for less than 1 per cent of the total cases and currently stand at 0.46 per cent, the lowest since March 2020. With 12,718 recovering in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries increased to 3,36,68,560.
Right now the recovery rate is 98.20 per cent. The death toll in India is 4,58,437. The daily positivity rate is 1.42 per cent, which is less than 2 per cent for the last 28 days. The weekly positivity rate is 1.17 per cent. It has remained below 2 per cent for the last 38 days.
60.92 crore tests have been done so far to detect the presence of the virus in the population.
Meanwhile, in the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, the cumulative coverage crossed 106.31 crores. A total of 1,06,31,24,205 vaccine doses have been given so far. The vaccination campaign in the country started on January 16 this year.
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