New Delhi: The number of vaccine doses provided under the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in India crossed 350 million yesterday. According to a provisional report, a total of 35,12,21,306 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been given in the country in 46,04,925 sessions till 7 am today. 63,87,849 doses of vaccine were given in the last 24 hours.
The new phase of making the COVID-19 vaccination available to all began on June 21, 2021. The central government is committed to increasing the speed and scope of vaccination across the country.
43,071 new cases have been registered in India in the last 24 hours.
Less than 50,000 new cases are being reported daily for seven consecutive days. This is the result of continuous efforts being made in collaboration with the Center and the States/UTs.
The number of active cases of Kovid-19 in India is also decreasing continuously. The number of active cases fell to 4,85,350 today.
The total number of active cases has come down by 10,183 in the last 24 hours. This is now only 1.59 percent of the total COVID positive cases in the country.
Also, with more people recovering from Kovid-19 infection, the daily number of people recovering from the disease for the 52nd consecutive day is more than the daily new cases of Kovid-19. 52,299 people have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
More than 9,000 (9,228) more people have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours than there were daily new cases.
A total of 2,96,58,078 people have already recovered from COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in India and a total of 52,299 people have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours. The national recovery rate has also improved to 97.09 percent and it is increasing continuously.
With a significant increase in testing capacity in India, a total of 18,38,490 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of investigations done so far in the country is more than 41.82 crore (41,82,54,953).
While on one hand the testing of Kovid has increased across the country, on the other hand the weekly positivity rate is also decreasing continuously. The weekly positivity rate currently stands at 2.44 per cent while the daily positivity rate stands at 2.34 per cent today. It has remained less than five percent for 27 consecutive days.