Mumbai: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday informed that 24,882 new COVID-19 cases and 19,957 were recovered in India in the last 24 hours.
Apart from fresh infections, the total positive cases in the country reached 1,13,33,728, including 2,02,022 active cases and 1,09,73,260 recoveries. The death toll is 140, including 140 in the last 24 hours.
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the country reached 96.82 per cent on Saturday. So far 2,82,18,457 doses of vaccine have been taken. Of these, 20,53,537 were done in the last 24 hours.
According to the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 22,58,39,273 samples have been tested for coronovirus so far. 8,40,635 were tested on Friday.
Maharashtra remains one of the worst affected states in the country with 15,817 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases is 1,10,485 while the death toll is 52,723.
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