India has recorded 13,451 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. The country has also vaccinated a total of 103.53 crores so far.
The recovery rate stands at 98.19 per cent, which is the highest since the month of March 2020. The cumulative tally of recovered patients reached to 3,35,97,339 after including the 14,021 patients who recovered in the last 24 hours.
The active case count is the lowest in 242 days at 1,62,661. The new fatalities reported in the last 24 hours is 585, increasing the death toll to 4,55,653.
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Active cases presently constitute 0.48 per cent of the country's total positive cases, the lowest since March 2020.
Also in the same period, a total of 13,05,962 tests were conducted across the country.
India has so far conducted over 60.32 crore cumulative tests.
Meanwhile, the weekly positivity rate at 1.22 per cent has remained less than 2 per cent for the last 33 days now.
The daily positivity rate stands at 1.03 per cent, which has also remained below 2 per cent for the last 23 days and less than 3 per cent for 58 consecutive days now.
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With the administration of 55,89,124 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage has reached 103.53 crore as of Wednesday morning,
This has been achieved through 1,02,95,714 sessions.
