India Reports 38,949 New COVID-19 Cases, 40,026 Recoveries In Last 24 Hours
Mumbai: India reported 38,949 new COVID-19 cases and 40,026 recoveries in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With this the infection tally to 3,10,26,829, while the death toll reached 4,12,531 with 542 more fatalities.
Active cases have come down to 4,30,422 and comprise 1.39 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 97.28 per cent, data updated at 8 am.
It said a decrease in the number of active cases to 1,619 has been recorded in the 24 hours.
The ministry said that 19,55,910 tests were conducted on Thursday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for the detection of COVID-19 in the country to 44,00,23,239, while the daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.99 per cent.
The positivity rate is less than three percent for 25 consecutive days.
According to the health ministry, the weekly positivity rate is 2.14 per cent.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease has risen to 3,01,83,876, while the case fatality rate has risen to 1.33 per cent, the data said.
The vaccine doses administered so far have reached 39.53 crores under the nationwide inoculation drive against COVID-19.
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